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By Thomas Davidson
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[Gr.] A principle in pyroligneous acid and all the tars, having the property of preserving animal matter; used externally and internally.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.