amrubicin
CHEBI:135779
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A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic with molecular formula C25H25NO9. A specific inhibitor of topoisomerase II, it is used (particularly as the hydrochloride salt) in the treatment of cancer, especially lung cancer, where it is a prodrug for the active metabolite, ambrucinol. — ChEBI
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signed off on this record yet.
Classification
Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.
Chemical structure
Computed structure properties
| Molecular formula | C25H25NO9 |
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| Charge | 0 |
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| Average mass | 483.473 Da |
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| Monoisotopic mass | 483.15293 Da |
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| Source | ChEBI |
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| InChIKey | VJZITPJGSQKZMX-XDPRQOKASA-N |
SMILES
CC(=O)[C@]1(N)Cc2c(O)c3c(c(O)c2[C@@H](O[C@H]2C[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO2)C1)C(=O)c1ccccc1C3=O
InChI
InChI=1S/C25H25NO9/c1-10(27)25(26)7-13-18(16(8-25)35-17-6-14(28)15(29)9-34-17)24(33)20-19(23(13)32)21(30)11-4-2-3-5-12(11)22(20)31/h2-5,14-17,28-29,32-33H,6-9,26H2,1H3/t14-,15+,16-,17-,25-/m0/s1
Also called
- amrubicina (INN)— chebi
- amrubicine (INN)— chebi
- amrubicinum (INN)— chebi
- (1S,3S)-3-acetyl-3-amino-5,12-dihydroxy-6,11-dioxo-1,2,3,4,6,11-hexahydrotetracen-1-yl 2-deoxy-β-D-erythro-pentopyranoside (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- (7S,9S)-9-acetyl-9-amino-7-{[(2S,4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy}-6,11-dihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrotetracene-5,12-dione (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
- SM-5887 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Cross-references
Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.
Activity roles
Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the
unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.
Source concepts
Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is
the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.
Upstream concepts merged into this record
| Source | Native ID | Label | Minted CURIE | Version |
| CHEBI |
CHEBI:135779 |
amrubicin |
antibioticmech:chebi-4102939b86 |
2026-08-30 |
Curation history
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Provenance
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