Q34 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2011
Paper: CSIR NET December 2011 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Bioinorganic Chemistry · Topic: Bioinorganic Chemistry – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy
Among the following drugs, the anticancer agents is:
(a)captopril
(b)chloroquine
(c)camptothecin
(d)ranitidine
Answer
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Explanation
Camptothecin is a topoisomerase-I inhibitor used against cancer; captopril is an ACE inhibitor, chloroquine an antimalarial, ranitidine an H₂ antagonist.
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