A series of compounds showing high antileukemic activity against P388 murine leukemia and increased aqueous solubility due to substitution of --OH for the known --NH.sub.2 at the 3' position of the hexopyranose sugar, i.e., daunosamine. These compounds are coupled products of aglycon selected from daunomycinone, desmethoxy daunomycinone, adriamycinone and carminomycinone. These compounds are coupled at the 0-7 position of the aglycon with an .alpha.-L-lyxo hexopyranose sugar, which sugar isomer particularly sustains or potentiates the biological activity of the coupled compound as well as ameliorates the dose related cardiotoxicity of the parent and known compounds set out below: ##STR1##
                            一系列化合物表现出高抗白血病活性,对P388小鼠白血病具有高度抑制作用,并由于在己糖糖的3'位置上的已知的--NH.sub.2被--OH取代而具有增加的
水溶性,即daunosamine。这些化合物是选自daunomycinone、desmethoxy daunomycinone、adriamycinone和carminomycinone的无糖苷酮的偶联产物。这些化合物在无糖苷酮的0-7位置与.alpha.-L-lyxo己糖糖偶联,这种糖异构体特别维持或增强了偶联化合物的
生物活性,并改善了以下父化合物和已知化合物的剂量相关心脏毒性:##STR1##