BioModels Ontology

Last uploaded: April 3, 2012
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_4974
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_4974
Preferred Name

famciclovir

Definitions
2-Amino-9H-purine in which the hydrogen at position 9 is substituted by a 4-acetoxy-3-(acetoxymethyl)but-1-yl group. A prodrug of the antiviral penciclovir, it is used for the treatment of acute herpes zoster (shingles), for the treatment or suppression of recurrent genital herpes in immunocompetent patients and for the treatment of recurrent mucocutaneous herpes simplex infections in HIV infected patients.
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