| Lapachol Description: - Melting range ........................................... 141 to 143 C
- U.V. ......................................................... 251.5; 278; 331nm.
- Assay (UV) .............................................. 98% (min)
- Loss on drying (105oC) ............................ 1.0% (max.)
Therapeutic Category: Anti-neoplastic
Description: Lapachol is a naphtoquinone obtained from a natural source producedas a tasteless powder of intense yellow color. The anti-tumors action of the product was studied by the U.S. National CancerIntitute, whose research did stop without conclusive results. Later Lapachol andsome of its derivatives were tested with good experimental results in tumorssuch as the Walker 356 carcinome and much research is again on the way. Soluble
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