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Drug Details

General Information of the Drug (ID: DR8776)
Name
Melphalan
Synonyms
melphalan; 148-82-3; Alkeran; Melfalan; L-PAM; Phenylalanine mustard; L-Sarcolysine; L-Sarcolysin; L-Phenylalanine mustard; p-L-Sarcolysin; Levofalan; Melphalanum; Levopholan; Melfalano; Levofolan; L-Sarkolysin; 4-[Bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]-L-phenylalanine; Phenylalanine nitrogen mustard; p-Di-(2-chloroethyl)amino-L-phenylalanine; p-Bis(beta-chloroethyl)aminophenylalanine; 3-(p-(Bis(2-chloroethyl)amino)phenyl)-L-alanine; Melphalanum [INN-Latin]; p-N-Bis(2-chloroethyl)amino-L-phenylalanine; Melfalano [INN-Spanish]; 4-(Bis(2-chloroet
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Molecular Type
Small molecule
Disease Ovarian cancer [ICD-11: 2C73] Approved [1]
Structure
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ADMET Property
BDDCS Class
Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) Class 1: high solubility and high permeability
Bioavailability
71% of drug becomes completely available to its intended biological destination(s)
Clearance
The drug present in the plasma can be removed from the body at the rate of 7 mL/min/kg
Elimination
12% of drug is excreted from urine in the unchanged form
Half-life
The concentration or amount of drug in body reduced by one-half in 1 hour
MRTD
The Maximum Recommended Therapeutic Dose (MRTD) of drug that ensured maximising efficacy and moderate side effect is 0.32765 micromolar/kg/day
Unbound Fraction
The unbound fraction of drug in plasma is 0.14%
Vd
Fluid volume that would be required to contain the amount of drug present in the body at the same concentration as in the plasma 0.48 L/kg
Water Solubility
The ability of drug to dissolve in water is measured as 0.1 mg/mL
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Formula
C13H18Cl2N2O2
PubChem CID
460612
Canonical SMILES
C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)N(CCCl)CCCl
InChI
1S/C13H18Cl2N2O2/c14-5-7-17(8-6-15)11-3-1-10(2-4-11)9-12(16)13(18)19/h1-4,12H,5-9,16H2,(H,18,19)/t12-/m0/s1
InChIKey
SGDBTWWWUNNDEQ-LBPRGKRZSA-N
CAS Number
CAS 148-82-3
TTD Drug ID
D06XES
DrugBank ID
DB01042
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
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          Resveratrol      Gnetum parvifolium     Click to Show/Hide the Molecular Data of This NP
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                    Representative Experiment Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
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                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Up-regulation Cleavage CASP7  Molecule Info 
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Up-regulation Cleavage CASP9  Molecule Info 
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Down-regulation Expression CCNA1  Molecule Info 
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Down-regulation Phosphorylation CDK2  Molecule Info 
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Up-regulation Phosphorylation RAD53  Molecule Info 
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Up-regulation Expression TP53  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model MCF-7 CVCL_0031 Invasive breast carcinoma Homo sapiens
MDA-MB-231 CVCL_0062 Breast adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Resveratrol chemosensitizes breast cancer cells to melphalan by cell cycle arrest.
References
Reference 1 FDA Approved Drug Products from FDA Official Website. 2019. Application Number: (ANDA) 201379.
Reference 2 Resveratrol chemosensitizes breast cancer cells to melphalan by cell cycle arrest. J Cell Biochem. 2012 Aug;113(8):2586-96.
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Correspondence

X. N. Sun, Y. T. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. C. Lian, L. L. Yan, T. Pan, T. Jin, H. Xie, Z. M. Liang, W. Q. Qiu, J. X. Wang, Z. R. Li, F. Zhu*, X. B. Sui*. NPCDR: natural product-based drug combination and its disease-specific molecular regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1): 1324-1333 (2020). PMID: 34664659

Prof. Feng ZHU  (zhufeng@zju.edu.cn)

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Prof. Xinbing SUI  (suilab@hznu.edu.cn)

School of Pharmacy and Department of Medical Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China