Arsenic trioxide
Also known as: Arsenic Sesquioxide Arsenic Oxidearsenous Trioxide
Brand names: TRISENOX
Description
Arsenic trioxide causes morphological changes and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragmentation characteristic of apoptosis in NB4 human promyelocytic leukaemia cells in vitro. Arsenic trioxide also causes damage or degradation of the fusion protein PML/RAR alpha.
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