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Preferred Name

Acyclovir

Synonyms

9-[(2-Hydroxyethoxy)-methyl]guanine

Wellcome-248U

2-Amino-1,9-dihydro-9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6H-purin-6-one

9-[(2-Hydroxyethoxy)methyl]guanine

Acycloguanosine

ACV

ACYCLOVIR

Acicloftal

Aciclovir

Aclovir

Acyclovir

BW-248U

Cargosil

Virorax

Zovirax

acyclovir

Definitions

A synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family. After conversion in vivo to the active metabolite acyclovir triphosphate by viral thymidine kinase, acyclovir competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase by incorporating into the growing viral DNA chain and terminating further polymerization.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C205

ALT_DEFINITION

A substance used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex infections that may occur when the body is immunosuppressed. It belongs to the family of drugs called antivirals.

CAS_Registry

59277-89-3

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:2453

Chemical_Formula

C8H11N5O3

code

C205

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C201600

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

CTRP

FDA

HemOnc

DEFINITION

A synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family. After conversion in vivo to the active metabolite acyclovir triphosphate by viral thymidine kinase, acyclovir competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase by incorporating into the growing viral DNA chain and terminating further polymerization.

Display_Name

Acyclovir

FDA_UNII_Code

X4HES1O11F

FULL_SYN

9-[(2-Hydroxyethoxy)-methyl]guanine

Wellcome-248U

2-Amino-1,9-dihydro-9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6H-purin-6-one

9-[(2-Hydroxyethoxy)methyl]guanine

Acycloguanosine

ACV

ACYCLOVIR

Acicloftal

Aciclovir

Aclovir

Acyclovir

BW-248U

Cargosil

Virorax

Zovirax

acyclovir

Has_Salt_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C47956

label

Acyclovir

Legacy Concept Name

Acyclovir

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

810655

NCI_META_CUI

CL523878

NSC Number

335752

645011

Preferred_Name

Acyclovir

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C205

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C281

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C29575

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MESH_D000212 BERO LOOM
http://sbmi.uth.tmc.edu/ontology/ochv#696 OCHV LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0001645 OMIT LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/LNC/LP14522-4 LOINC LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2109-2176 CRISP LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/LNC/MTHU006764 LOINC LOOM
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_2453 EFO LOOM
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http://sbmi.uth.tmc.edu/ontology/ochv#C0001367 OCHV LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/372729009 SNOMEDCT LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNMI/C-55B10 SNMI LOOM
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C205 BERO LOOM
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https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00787 MDM LOOM
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http://phenomebrowser.net/ontologies/mesh/mesh.owl#D03.438.759.758.399.454.250 RH-MESH LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000147084 NDFRT LOOM