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thioguanine A synthetic guanosine analogue antimetabolite. Phosphorylated by hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase, thioguanine incorporates into DNA and RNA, resulting in inhibition of DNA and RNA syntheses and cell death. This agent also inhibits glutamine-5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase, thereby inhibiting purine synthesis. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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US brand names: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Tabloid Tabloid brand thioguanine Tioguanine | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Foreign brand names: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Lanvis Tioguanin | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Abbreviations: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | 6-TG TG | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Code names: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | BW 5071 Wellcome U3B WR-1141 X 27 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Chemical structure names: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081024090811im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | - 2-Amino 6MP
- 2-Amino-1,7-dihydro-6H-purine-6-thione
- 2-Amino-6-mercaptopurine
- 2-Amino-6-purinethiol
- 2-Aminopurin-6-thiol
- 2-Aminopurine-6(1H)-thione
- 2-Aminopurine-6-thiol
- 6 Mercaptoguanine
- 6 Thioguanine
- 6H-Purine-6-thione, 2-amino-1,7-dihydro- (9CI)
- 6-Mercapto-2-aminopurine
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