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Last uploaded: August 27, 2019
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000040349
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000040349
Preferred Name

zalcitabine

Definitions
A synthetic dideoxynucleoside. After intracellular phosphorylation to its active metabolite, zalcitabine preferentially inhibits the gamma form of DNA polymerase present in tumor cell mitochondria, resulting in the inhibition of tumor cell mitochondrial DNA replication and tumor cell death. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C430" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C430" NCI Thesaurus)
Synonyms
Hivid
2',3'-dideoxycytidine
ddC
dideoxycytidine
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