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Organic Chemicals > Organophosphorus Compounds > Organophosphonates > Cidofovir
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Pyrimidinones > Cytosine > Cidofovir

Preferred term

Cidofovir  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An acyclic nucleoside phosphonate that acts as a competitive inhibitor of viral DNA polymerases. It is used in the treatment of RETINITIS caused by CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS and may also be useful for treating HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 113852-37-2 (Cidofovir)
  • 128347-13-7 ((+-)-Isomer)
  • 768M1V522C
  • HPMPC
  • JIL713Q00N
  • M83JB37U61
  • Phosphonic acid, (((1S)-2-(4-amino-2-oxo-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl)-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy)methyl)-

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Pharmacological Action(s)

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  • Cidofovir

    French

  • 113852-37-2 (Cidofovir)
  • 128347-13-7 ((+-)-Isomer)
  • 768M1V522C
  • JIL713Q00N
  • M83JB37U61
  • Phosphonic acid, (((1S)-2-(4-amino-2-oxo-1(2H)-pyrimidinyl)-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy)methyl)-

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JMVF6264-0

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