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Busulfan
Clinical data
Trade namesMyleran, Busilvex, Busulfex IV
Other names1,4-butanediol dimethanesulfonate
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa682248
License data
  • EU EMA: by INN
  • US DailyMed: Busulfan
  • US FDA: Busulfan
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
By mouth, intravenous
ATC code
  • L01AB01 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: WARNING[1]Rx-only
  • EU: Rx-only
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability60–80% (oral)
Protein binding32.4%
MetabolismLiver
Elimination half-life2.5 hours
ExcretionUrine (25–60%)
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • Butane-1,4-diyl dimethanesulfonate
CAS Number
  • 55-98-1 checkY
PubChem CID
  • 2478
IUPHAR/BPS
  • 7136
DrugBank
  • DB01008 checkY
ChemSpider
  • 2384 checkY
UNII
  • G1LN9045DK
KEGG
  • D00248 checkY
ChEBI
  • CHEBI:28901 checkY
ChEMBL
  • ChEMBL820 checkY
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
  • DTXSID3020910 Edit this at Wikidata
ECHA InfoCard100.000.228 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H14O6S2
Molar mass246.29 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • Interactive image
SMILES
  • CS(=O)(=O)OCCCCOS(=O)(=O)C
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C6H14O6S2/c1-13(7,8)11-5-3-4-6-12-14(2,9)10/h3-6H2,1-2H3 checkY
  • Key:COVZYZSDYWQREU-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Busulfan (Myleran, GlaxoSmithKline, Busulfex IV, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.) is a chemotherapy drug in use since 1959. It is a cell cycle non-specific alkylating antineoplastic agent, in the class of alkyl sulfonates. Its chemical designation is 1,4-butanediol dimethanesulfonate.

  1. ^ "FDA-sourced list of all drugs with black box warnings (Use Download Full Results and View Query links.)". nctr-crs.fda.gov. FDA. Retrieved 22 Oct 2023.

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the result is called limpet attachment of the drug molecule to the DNA. Busulfan is an example of a dialkylating agent: it is the methanesulfonate diester...

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Alkyl sulfonate

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agents, some of them are used as alkylating antineoplastic agents in the treatment of cancer, e.g. Busulfan. Römpp CD 2006, Georg Thieme Verlag 2006 v t e...

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Delcath Systems

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Atypia

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Marked atypia of type 2 pneumocytes is a characteristic finding in association with treatment with busulfan and other chemotherapeutic agents....

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Myelodysplastic syndrome

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Genotoxicity

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Methotrexate

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Pulmonary fibrosis

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COVID-19 Certain medications, e.g. amiodarone, bleomycin (pingyangmycin), busulfan, apomorphine, and nitrofurantoin. Radiation therapy to the chest Pulmonary...

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Severe combined immunodeficiency

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Brian P. (18 April 2019). "Lentiviral Gene Therapy Combined with Low-Dose Busulfan in Infants with SCID-X1". New England Journal of Medicine. 380 (16): 1525–1534...

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Treosulfan

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2019. Two main studies showed that treosulfan is at least as effective as busulfan, another medicine used to prepare patients for haematopoietic stem cell...

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Gene therapy

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Abemaciclib

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Carboplatin

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Nitrogen mustard

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Cytarabine

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Fluorouracil

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Mitomycin C

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Venetoclax

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Ectrodactyly

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