Pharmacological evaluation of ifosfamide and its enantiomers in laboratory animals.

Some pharmacological properties of commercial racemic ifosfamide (Holoxan) and its D- and L-enantiomers were compared in experiments on mice and rats. Although values of acute toxicity and some results of subchronic treatment revealed better parameters of L-form in comparison to racemic mixture, distinct hepatotoxic effects and thrombocytopenia noted in the course of prolonged treatment seem to be the important factors limiting therapeutic usefulness of levorotatory form.