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Organic Chemicals > Aza Compounds > Azacitidine > Decitabine
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Azacitidine > Decitabine
... > Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Azacitidine > Decitabine
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Azacitidine > Decitabine
... > Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Ribonucleosides > Cytidine > Azacitidine > Decitabine
... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Ribonucleosides > Cytidine > Azacitidine > Decitabine

Preferred term

Decitabine  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 2' Deoxy 5 azacytidine
  • 2'-Deoxy-5-azacytidine
  • 5 Aza 2' deoxycytidine
  • 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine
  • 5-AzadC
  • 5AzadC
  • 5 Azadeoxycytidine
  • 5-Azadeoxycytidine
  • AzadC Compound
  • Compound, AzadC

Scope note

  • An azacitidine derivative and antineoplastic antimetabolite. It inhibits DNA methyltransferase to re-activate silent genes, limiting METASTASIS and NEOPLASM DRUG RESISTANCE. Decitabine is used in the treatment of MYELODISPLASTIC SYNDROMES, and ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA.

History note

  • 2019 (1977)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077209

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