RAMON VELEZ-HERRERA
\ɹɐmˈə͡ʊn vˈɛlɛzhəɹˈe͡əɹə], \ɹɐmˈəʊn vˈɛlɛzhəɹˈeəɹə], \ɹ_ɐ_m_ˈəʊ_n v_ˈɛ_l_ɛ_z_h_ə_ɹ_ˈeə_ɹ_ə]\
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A Cuban author; born in Havana in 1808; died there in 1887. He abandoned law for literature. The first collection of his poems was published at Havana in 1833, a second in 1837, and a third in 1838. He also published: "Elvira de Oquendo"; "The Two Bridegrooms", a comedy (1848); "Autumn Flowers", a collection of poems (1849); "Cuban Romances" (1856); "Napoleon in Berlin", a tragedy (1860); and "Flowers of Winter", poems (1882).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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.