| Target
Information |
| Name | DNA |
| Type of target | Successful target |
| Disease | Bacterial infections [1] |
| Cancer, unspecific [2][3] |
| Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease [4] |
| Tumors [5] |
| Drug(s) | Adenine |  | Approved | Dietary shortage | [6][7] |
| Altretamine |  | Approved | Ovarian cancer | [8] |
| Bleomycin |  | Approved | Hodgkin lymphoma | [9] |
| Busulfan |  | Approved | Myeloproliferative disease | [10] |
| Carboplatin |  | Approved | Ovarian carcinoma | [11] |
| Carmustine |  | Approved | Brain cancer | [12][13] |
| Chlorambucil |  | Approved | Chronic lymphatic leukemia | [14] |
| Cisplatin |  | Approved | Cancers | [15] |
| Clofarabine |  | Approved | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | [16] |
| Clofazimine |  | Approved | Crohn's disease | [17] |
| Cyclophosphamide |  | Approved | Cancers | [18] |
| Dacarbazine |  | Approved | Malignant melanoma | [19] |
| Dactinomycin |  | Approved | Cancers | [20] |
| Daunorubicin |  | Approved | Acute myeloid leukemia | [20] |
| Dornase Alfa |  | Approved | Cystic fibrosis | [21] |
| Furazolidone |  | Approved | Diarrhea | [22] |
| Hydroxystilbamidine Isethionate |  | Approved | Blastomycosis | [23] |
| Idoxuridine |  | Approved | Herpes simplex virus infection | [24] |
| Ifosfamide |  | Approved | Cancers | [25] |
| Lomustine |  | Approved | Brain tumours | [26] |
| Mechlorethamine |  | Approved | Prostate cancer | [27] |
| Melphalan |  | Approved | Multiple myeloma | [28] |
| Mercaptopurine |  | Approved | Acute lymphatic leukemia | [29] |
| Methoxsalen |  | Approved | Psoriasis | [30] |
| Metronidazole |  | Approved | Amebiasis | [31] |
| Mitomycin |  | Approved | Gastro-intestinal and breast cancers | [32] |
| Mitomycin A |  | Approved | Cancers | [33] |
| Mitomycin C |  | Approved | Cancers | [20] |
| Nelarabine |  | Approved | Leukemia | [34] |
| Nitrofurantoin |  | Approved | Urinary tract infection | [35] |
| Oxaliplatin |  | Approved | Colorectal cancer | [36] |
| Oxamniquine |  | Approved | Schistosomiasis | [37] |
| Pipobroman |  | Approved | Refractory chronic myeloid leukaemia | [38] |
| Primaquine |  | Approved | Malaria | [39] |
| Procarbazine |  | Approved | Hodgkin's lymphoma | [40] |
| Proflavine |  | Approved | Antiseptic | [41] |
| Streptozocin |  | Approved | Metastatic islet cell carcinoma | [42] |
| Temozolomide |  | Approved | Grade IV astrocytoma | [43] |
| Thioguanine |  | Approved | Acute myeloid leukemia | [44] |
| Uracil mustard |  | Approved | Lymphatic malignancies | [45] |
| Balofloxacin |  | Launched | Gram-positive and -negative bacterial infections | [46] |
| Ciprofloxacin XR |  | Launched | Gram-negative bacterial infections | [46] |
| Elsamitrucin |  | Phase II | Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Advanced Solid Tumors | [47] |
| Abetimus sodium |  | Phase III teminated | Lupus nephritis | [48] |
| Glufosfamide |  | Terminated in Phase II | Ovarian cancer | [49] |
| TV-4710 |  | Terminated in Phase II | Systemic lupus erythematosus | [48] |
| Indol-3-carbinol |  | Preclinical | Fungal diseases | [50] |
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| Inhibitor | 2- (3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Acetic Acid |  | [51] |
| Abetimus sodium |  | [48] |
| Balofloxacin |  | [46] |
| Beta-D-Glucose |  | [51] |
| Ciprofloxacin XR |  | [46] |
| Glufosfamide |  | [49] |
| Lipid Fragment |  | [51] |
| Lomustine |  | [26] |
| Phosphomethylphosphonic Acid Adenosyl Ester |  | [51] |
| TV-4710 |  | [48] |
| Thiamin Diphosphate |  | [51] |
| Breaker | Altretamine |  | [8] |
| Bleomycin |  | [9] |
| Busulfan |  | [10] |
| Carboplatin |  | [11] |
| Carmustine |  | [12][13] |
| Cyclophosphamide |  | [18] |
| Dacarbazine |  | [19] |
| Dactinomycin |  | [20] |
| Dornase Alfa |  | [21] |
| Duocarmycin |  | [20] |
| Enediyne antibiotics |  | [20] |
| Ifosfamide |  | [25] |
| Mercaptopurine |  | [29] |
| Metronidazole |  | [31] |
| Nitracrine |  | [3] |
| Nitrofurantoin |  | [35] |
| Streptozocin |  | [42] |
| Talisomycin |  | [9] |
| Temozolomide |  | [43] |
| Intercalator | Actinomycin D |  | [52] |
| Adriamycin |  | [53] |
| Ametantrone |  | [54] |
| Chlorambucil |  | [14] |
| Clofazimine |  | [17] |
| Daunomycin |  | [55] |
| Daunorubicin |  | [20] |
| Elsamitrucin |  | [47] |
| Ethidium |  | [55] |
| Ethidium bromide |  | [55] |
| Mechlorethamine |  | [27] |
| Melphalan |  | [28] |
| Nogalamycin |  | [56] |
| Thioguanine |  | [44] |
| Adduct | Anthramycin |  | [57] |
| Cis-[PtCl (NH3)2 |  | [58] |
| Cisplatin |  | [15] |
| Ecteinascidins |  | [20] |
| JM216 |  | [59] |
| Methylene blue |  | [60] |
| Mitomycin A |  | [33] |
| Mitomycin C |  | [20] |
| Naphthyridinomycin |  | [61] |
| Oxaliplatin |  | [36] |
| Primaquine |  | [39] |
| Procarbazine |  | [40] |
| Tallimustine |  | [62] |
| Minor groove binder | Bisbenzimide (Hoechst 33258) |  | [63] |
| Di-imidazole lexitropsin |  | [64] |
| Distamycin A |  | [62] |
| Netropsin |  | [65] |
| Modulator | Uracil mustard |  | [45] |
| Binder | Acriflavine |  | [66] |
| Adenine |  | [6][7] |
| Clofarabine |  | [16] |
| Furazolidone |  | [22] |
| Hydroxystilbamidine Isethionate |  | [23] |
| Idoxuridine |  | [24] |
| Indol-3-carbinol |  | [50] |
| Methoxsalen |  | [30] |
| Mitomycin |  | [32] |
| Nelarabine |  | [34] |
| Oxamniquine |  | [37] |
| Pipobroman |  | [38] |
| Proflavine |  | [41] |
| Multitarget | Clofarabine |  | [16] |
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