NCIt definition : The isethionate salt form of hydroxystilbamidine, a cationic dye with antifungal,
antitrypanosomal, antimalarial, and carcinostatic activities. Hydroxystilbamidine
is able to bind to DNA and RNA in a non-intercalating manner, and is a powerful inhibitor
of ribonucleases, thereby impeding cellular processes in protozoa. This agent was
also shown to bind to lysosomes and induced a large number of lysosome-like bodies
and secretion granules in trypanosome.;