"Use of a nucleic acid-binding chemotherapeutic agent"
Application IN/PCT/2000/00686/CHE published 2005-03-04, filed 2000-11-20
The invention relates to the use of a nucleic acid-binding chemotherapeutic agent, such as bleomycin, wherein the nucleic acid-binding chemotherapeutic agent is capable of complexing a metal ion yielding a complex that promotes the formation of hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide. According to the present invention the agent is used for the preparation of a virion number-reducing agent. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition.
Applicant
Faculteit Geneeskunde Universiteit Utrecht,
of Universiteitsweg 100,, NL-3508 TA Utrecht,, The Netherlands.
Inventor
International Info
Classification: A61K 31/70
Publication Number: PCT/NL99/00316
Priority Information
1009226 NL 1998-05-20