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Hydrazine

Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been used as a first-line agent in cancer therapy and as a treatment for cancer-related anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (loss of muscle mass and body weight). The results from a scientific standpoint have been inconclusive. The substance is not without possible adverse effects. At least one death has been laid to it.

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H₂N–NH₂, an oily liquid from which phenylhydrazine and similar products are derived. It is very toxic and possibly a carcinogen.

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hy·dra·zine 'hī-drə-.zēn n a colorless fuming corrosive strongly reducing liquid base N₂H₄ used in the production of various materials (as pharmaceuticals and plastics) also an organic base derived from this compound

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hy·dra·zine (hiґdrə-zēn) a toxic, irritant, carcinogenic, colorless, gaseous diamine, H₂N·NH₂; also any member of a group of its substitution derivatives.

Medical dictionary. 2011.