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Preferred Name

6-azauridine

Synonyms

3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine riboside

Definitions

A synthetic triazine analogue of uridine with antimetabolite activity. 6-azauridine inhibits de novo pyrimidine synthesis and DNA synthesis and is converted intracellularly into mono, di-, and triphosphate derivatives, which incorporate into RNA and inhibit protein synthesis. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C291" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C291" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000039158

altLabel

3,5-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazine riboside

6-azauracil riboside

6-azauracil-.beta.-D-riboside

riboazauracil

ribo-azauracil

2-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2H,4H)-dione

6-AZUR

1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2H,4H)-dione, 2-beta-D-ribofuranosyl

azauridine

cui

C0004483

Date last modified

2010-06-04

definition

A synthetic triazine analogue of uridine with antimetabolite activity. 6-azauridine inhibits de novo pyrimidine synthesis and DNA synthesis and is converted intracellularly into mono, di-, and triphosphate derivatives, which incorporate into RNA and inhibit protein synthesis. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C291" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C291" NCI Thesaurus)

Legacy PDQ ID

1778

NCI ID

C291

notation

CDR0000039158

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

6-azauridine

tui

T114

T121

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