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Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Ribonucleosides > Cytidine > Cytarabine
... > Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Ribonucleosides > Cytidine > Cytarabine
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Cytarabine
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Cytarabine
... > Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Pyrimidine Nucleosides > Cytidine > Cytarabine
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleosides > Arabinonucleosides > Cytarabine
Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Nucleosides > Arabinonucleosides > Cytarabine

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Cytarabine  

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Entry terms

  • Arabinofuranosylcytosine
  • Arabinoside, Cytosine
  • Arabinosylcytosine
  • Aracytidine
  • Cytosine Arabinoside

Scope note

  • A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)

History note

  • 1966

In other languages

  • sytarabiini

    Finnish

  • ara-C
  • arabinosyylisytosiini
  • Cytarabine Pfizer
  • Cytarabine Stada
  • cytarabinum
  • Depocyte
  • sytosiiniarabinosidi
  • Cytarabin

    Swedish

  • Cytarabinhydroklorin
  • Cytosar

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003561

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