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. 2010 Jun 19;21(9):2683–2690. doi: 10.1007/s10856-010-4107-4

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Chemical structure of DC Bead and its proposed interaction with the active lactone (L) form of topotecan. The active lactone form is believed to bind to the DEBs and elute in this form. Once eluted topotecan can behave like free topotecan and converts to the more stable inactive carboxylate (C) form