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An Italian miscellaneous writer; born at Sevenico in Dalmatia, Oct. 9, 1802; died at Florence, May 1, 1874. He wrote the novel "The Duke of Athens" (1837); "Commentary on Dante" (1837), a work of great merit; the half mystical, half erotic novel "Faith and Beauty" (1840); "Critical Studies" (1843); "The Death Penalty" (1865). He also compiled a valuable collection of "Popular Songs: Tuscan, Corsican, Illyrian, Greek" (4 vols., 1844), and a "Dictionary of Italian Synonyms" (7 vols., 1856).
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.