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

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Azacitidine  

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  • 5 Azacytidine
  • 5-Azacytidine
  • Azacytidine

Scope note

  • A pyrimidine analogue that inhibits DNA methyltransferase, impairing DNA methylation. It is also an antimetabolite of cytidine, incorporated primarily into RNA. Azacytidine has been used as an antineoplastic agent.

History note

  • 96; was AZACYTIDINE 1972-95 (Prov 1972-73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001374

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