Product Description
Irinotecan Hydrochloride (CPT-11) is an intravenous antineoplastic agent. Irinotecan Hydrochloride is a potent anticancer drug with activity in a broad range of experimental tumor models. Irinotecan Hydrochloride is one of many water-soluble derivatives of camptothecin (CPT), a cytotoxic plant alkaloid isolated from the Chinese tree Camptotheca acuminate. Irinotecan Hydrochloride has activity in colorectal cancer similar to 5-fluorouracil and appears to be partially non crossresistant.