An anticancer agent; inhibits the growth of NB4, HL-60, and U937 leukemia and primary acute myeloid leukemia cells at 5 and 10 μM; induces apoptosis in leukemia cell lines, primary AML cells, and CML cells; decreases spleen size in an HL-60 mouse xenograft model of AML in a dose-dependent manner at 50-150 mg/kg