Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.a.

Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.r.l.

Pierangelo Zini

Alberto Bargiotti

Sergio Penco

Antonino Suarato

Maria Grandi

Fernando Giuliani

Teresa Bordoni

Gabriella Pezzoni

Anthracycline glycoside compounds of general formula I or II: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a hydroxy group and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a methoxy group, and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, are antitumor agents.

3'-deamino-4'-deoxy-4'-amino anthracyclines

New anthracycline glycosides having formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or hydroxy and either R.sup.2 or R.sup.3 is hydrogen with the other amino-methyl are described. The new compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts are useful as antitumour agents.

Antitumor anthracycline glycosides, intermediates thereof, and

Anthracycline glycosides of the general formula (A): ##STR1## wherein X is hydrogen or hydroxy and R is hydrogen or a methyl or a hydroxymethyl group; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; are useful as antitumor agents.

Morpholino derivatives of daunorubicin and doxorubicin

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Cesano Boscono, Italy

Pierangelo Zini