WOLDEMAR KADEN
\wˈə͡ʊldɛmə kˈadən], \wˈəʊldɛmə kˈadən], \w_ˈəʊ_l_d_ɛ_m_ə k_ˈa_d_ə_n]\
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A German author and translator; born at Dresden, Feb. 9, 1838. He filled the chair of German language and literature in the University of Naples, but resigned in 1882. He has traveled extensively in Italy, and his writings treat almost exclusively of that country. Prominent among them are: "Wanderings in Italy" (1874); "Under the Olives" (1880); "Pompeiian Tales" (1882); "Italian Sketches and Pictures of Civilization" (1889); "Italian Plaster Casts" (1891).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.