Description
AltretamineisananticancerchemotherapeuticagentthatbindsDNAatguanineandcytosineresidues,formingDNAadducts.Thisalkylatingagentisalsometabolizedtoformaldehyde.Altretamineisclinicallyusedtotreatovariancancer.
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