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\ˈɒktɪv θˈanɪt], \ˈɒktɪv θˈanɪt], \ˈɒ_k_t_ɪ_v θ_ˈa_n_ɪ_t]\
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pseudonym of Alice French. An American novelist; born in Massachusetts, 1850. She has published: "Knitters in the Sun"; "Otto the Knight"; "Stories of a Western Town"; "An Adventure in Photography"; "Expiation"; "A Slave to Duty"; "Man of the Hour".
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.