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C1768

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Cytarabine

≥90% (HPLC), crystalline, DNA replication inhibitor

Synonym(s):

(β-D-Arabinofuranosyl)cytosine, Ara-C, Arabinocytidine, Arabinosylcytosine, Cytarabine, Cytosine arabinoside

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H13N3O5
CAS Number:
147-94-4
Molecular Weight:
243.22
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
89175
EC Number:
205-705-9
MDL number:
MFCD00066487
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24892435
NACRES:
NA.77

Product Name

Cytosine β-D-arabinofuranoside, ≥90% (HPLC), crystalline

Quality Level

200

assay

≥90% (HPLC)

form

crystalline

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

NC1=NC(=O)N(C=C1)[C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2O

InChI

1S/C9H13N3O5/c10-5-1-2-12(9(16)11-5)8-7(15)6(14)4(3-13)17-8/h1-2,4,6-8,13-15H,3H2,(H2,10,11,16)/t4-,6-,7+,8-/m1/s1

InChI key

UHDGCWIWMRVCDJ-CCXZUQQUSA-N

Gene Information

human ... POLA1(5422) , POLA2(23649) , POLB(5423) , POLD1(5424) , POLD2(5425) , POLD3(10714) , POLD4(57804) , POLE(5426) , POLE2(5427) , POLE3(54107) , PRIM1(5557) , PRIM2(5558)
mouse ... Cda(72269)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Ara-C incorporates into DNA and inhibits DNA replication by forming cleavage complexes with topoisomerase I resulting in DNA fragmentation; does not inhibit RNA synthesis. Anti-leukemia agent.

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GHS08,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Repr. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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Hamed I Ali et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 15(1), 242-256 (2006-10-20)
Novel 2-deoxo-2-phenyl-5-deazaflavins and 2-deoxo-2-phenylflavin-5-oxides were prepared as a new class of antitumor agents and showed significant antitumor activities against NCI-H 460, HCT 116, A 431, CCRF-HSB-2, andKB cell lines. In vivo investigation, 2-deoxo-10-methyl-2-phenyl-5-deazaflavin exhibited the effective antitumor activity against A
Sonia G Das et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 54(16), 5937-5948 (2011-07-26)
Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer is a phenomenon in which administration of a single chemotherapeutic agent causes cross-resistance of cancer cells to a variety of therapies even with different mechanisms of action. Development of MDR against standard therapies is a
Jorge Cortes et al.
The Lancet. Oncology, 14(4), 354-362 (2013-03-05)
Tosedostat is a novel oral aminopeptidase inhibitor with clinical activity in a previous phase 1-2 study in elderly patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). We aimed to compare two dosing regimens of tosedostat. In this randomised phase
Sergio Amadori et al.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 31(35), 4424-4430 (2013-10-16)
This randomized trial evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of sequential gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) and standard chemotherapy in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Patients (n = 472) age 61 to 75 years were randomly assigned to induction
Alberto Diez-Torrubia et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 53(2), 559-572 (2009-12-17)
Here we explore the applicability of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV/CD26) based prodrug approach to a variety of amine-containing drugs. Efficient procedures have been developed for the synthesis of dipeptide and tetrapeptide amide prodrugs including N-acylation protocols of the exocyclic
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