# Daunorubicin

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. Daunorubicin. NCI Thesaurus. Code C62091.

An anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic with therapeutic effects similar to those of doxorubicin. Daunorubicin exhibits cytotoxic activity through topoisomerase-mediated interaction with DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.