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zidovudine
A synthetic dideoxynucleoside. After intracellular phosphorylation to its active metabolite, zidovudine inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication and cell death. This agent also decreases levels of available pyrimidines. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
| Synonym: | | azidothymidine | | | | US brand name: | | Retrovir | | | | Foreign brand name: | | Aztec | | | | Abbreviations: | | AZT
ZDV | | | | Code name: | | BW-A509U | | | | Chemical structure name: | | 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine | | |
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