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flucytosine
A pyrimidine compound and a fluorinated cytosine analog exhibiting antifungal activity. After penetration into the fungal cells, flucytosine is deaminated to its active metabolite 5-fluorouracil. 5-fluorouracil replaces uracil during fungal RNA synthesis, thereby inhibiting fungal protein synthesis. In addition, fluorouracil is further metabolized to 5-fluorodeoxyuridylic acid monophosphate, which inhibits thymidylate synthetase, thereby interrupting nucleotide metabolism, DNA synthesis and ultimately protein synthesis. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
| US brand name: | | Ancobon | | | | Foreign brand names: | | Alcobon
Ancotil | | | | Abbreviation: | | 5-FC | | | | Code names: | | Ro 2-9915
Ro-2-9915 | | | | Chemical structure names: | | - 4-Amino-5-fluoro-2(1H)-pyrimidinone
- 5-Fluorocytosine
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