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Zalcitabine

Catalog No. S1719 Name Selleck Chemicals
CAS Number 7481-89-2 Website http://www.selleckchem.com
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SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
4-amino-1-[(2R,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-1,2-dihydropyrimidin-2-one
IUPAC Traditional name
zalcitabine
Synonyms
NSC 606170
Hivid
Dideoxycytidine

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 7481-89-2

PROPERTIES

Salt Data Free Base
Storage Condition -20°C

DETAILS

Description (English)
Research Area: Infection
Biological Activity:
Zalcitabine is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI).Zalcitabine is an analog of pyrimidine. It is a derivative of the naturally existing deoxycytidine, made by replacing the hydroxyl group in position 3’ with a hydrogen.It is phosphorylated in T cells and other HIV target cells into its active triphosphate form, ddCTP. This active metabolite works as a substrate for HIV reverse transcriptase, and also by incorporation into the viral DNA, hence terminating the chain elongation due to the missing hydroxyl group. Since zalcitabine is a reverse transcriptase inhibitor it possess activity only against retroviruses. [1]

REFERENCES

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalcitabine