What are Anticancer Drug and Their Classification?
Anticancer drugs are the drugs used to treat cancer. There are many types of cancer exists, according to their occurrence and target region, there are many types of anticancer drugs are developed to treat them. It may be in any dosage forms like tablet, Capsules, Injections etc. Anticancer drugs are classified into following parts: 1. Polyfunctional alkylating drugs Examples – Nitrogen Mustards, Nitrosoureas, Busulphan, Ethylenimines etc. 2. Other alkylating agents Examples- Cisplatin, Procarbazine, Dacabazine, Altretamine etc. 3. Purine antagonists drugs Examples- Fludarabine, pentostatin, Cladribine,Mercaptopurine, Thioguanine etc. 4. Pyrimidine antagonists drugs Examples- Cytarabine, Fluorouracil, Azacitidine etc. 5. Antimetabolites drugs Examples- Amino acid antagonist like azaserine, Antifolic acid componds like Methotrexate etc. 6. Antibiotics Examples- Doxorubicin, Daunorubicin, Anthr