The invention provides a cancer chemotherapeutic agent which has fewer side effects and excellent efficacy. The cancer chemotherapeutic agent of the invention includes a cholestanol derivative represented by formula (1): ##STR00001## (wherein G represents GlcNAc-Gal-, GlcNAc-Gal-Glc-, Fuc-Gal-, Gal-Glc-, Gal-, or GlcNAc-) or a cyclodextrin inclusion compound thereof, and an anti-cancer agent.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

National University Corporation Gunma University

Cholestanol derivative for combined use

A sugar-cholestanol compound which can be readily synthesized and which exhibits a satisfactory antitumor activity. An anticancer agent containing, as an active ingredient, a cholestanol compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001## or a cyclodextrin inclusion complexation containing the compound. A method for treating cancer using this compound.

cholestanol/krebs

Cholestanol derivative for combined use

Antitumor agent

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