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Thiaxanthenones: Miracil D and Hycanthone

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Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial and Antitumor Agents

Part of the book series: Antibiotics ((ANTIBIOTICS,volume 3))

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This review focuses on two synthetic compounds, the most widely studied in a large series of congeners and derivatives, which have been employed extensively in the treatment of human schistosomiasis, have attracted modest interest in experimental cancer chemotherapy, and have become useful probes in the examination of some aspects of molecular biology.

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