Abbreviated name: DCA
Synonyms: dichloroacetic acid
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Dichloroacetate (DCA) is an orally available small molecule pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor [4]. It acts as a metabolic regulator and has anti-cancer potential by promoting glucose oxidation over glycolysis, glycolysis being the metabolic pathway (Warburg effect) utilised by most cancer cells to resist apoptosis and gain proliferative advantage [1-3].
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