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Suramin hexasodium salt
Chemical Name:8,8'-[Carbonylbis[imino-3,1-phenylenecarbonylimino(4-me
thyl-3,1-phenylene)carbonylimino]]bis-1,3,5-naphthalene
trisulfonic acid hexasodium salt
Biological Activity:
Non-selective P2 purinergic antagonist. Also
blocks calmodulin binding to recognition sites and G protein coupling to G
protein-coupled receptors. Anticancer and antiviral agent.
Voogdet al
(1993) Recent research on the biological activity of suramin. Pharmacol.Rev. 45
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coupling by suramin analogues. Mol.Pharmacol. 50 415. Charltonet al (1996) PPADS and suramin as antagonists at cloned P2Y- and
P2U-purinoceptors. Br.J.Pharmacol. 118 704. Klingeret
al (2001) Suramin and the suramin analogue NF307 discriminate among
calmodulin-binding sites. Biochem.J. 355 827.