TABLE 1

Classification of mitocans


Class Number

Type

Examples

References
I Hexokinase inhibitors 3-Bromopyruvate Ko et al., 2004; Xu et al., 2005
2-Deoxyglucose Ko et al., 2004
II Bcl-2/Bcl-xL mimetics Gossypol Kitada et al., 2003
Antimycin A Tzung et al., 2001
α-Tocopheryl succinate Shiau et al., 2006
III Thiol redox inhibitors Isothiocyanates Xu and Thornalley, 2001
Arsenic trioxide Miller, 2002
IV VDAC/ANT targeting drugs Lonidamine, arsenites Belzacq et al., 2001
Steroid analogs such as CD437
V Electron transport chain targeting drugs 4-OH retinamide Hail and Lotan, 2001
Tamoxifen Moreira et al., 2006
Antimycin A Wolvetang et al., 1994
VI Lipophilic cations targeting inner membrane Rhodamine-123 Lampidis et al., 1983
F16 Fantin et al., 2002
(KLAKKLAK)2 peptide Ellerby et al., 1999
VII Drugs targeting other (unknown) sites Resveratrol (ATPase ?) Zheng and Ramirez, 1999


Betulinic acid
Fulda et al., 1998