Daunorubicin is a natural product found in Actinomadura roseola. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent and a bacterial metabolite. It is an anthracycline, a member of tetracenequinones, a member of p-quinones and an aminoglycoside antibiotic. It is a conjugate base of a daunorubicin(1+). It derives from a hydride of a tetracene.
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Structures of L-daunosamine 1, L-3-epi-daunosamine 2, L-ristosamine 3, L-acosamine 4, and the anthracycline antibiotics daunorubicin 5, doxorubicin 6, carubicin 7, idarubicin 8, and epirubicin 9.