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zalcitabine [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
OBS

HIVID is the Hoffmann-La Roche brand of zalcitabine [formerly called 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC)], a synthetic pyrimidine nucleoside analogue active against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIVID is available as film-coated tablets for oral administration in strengths of 0.375 mg and 0.750 mg.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
OBS

La zalcitabine est un analogue de synthèse d'un nucléoside naturel, la 2'-désoxycytidine, dont le groupement hydroxyde en position 3' a été remplacé par un atome d'hydrogène. Dans la cellule, la zalcitabine est convertie par un système enzymatique en son métabolite actif, le didésoxycytidine-5'-triphosphate (ddCTP), qui remplace le substrat naturel, le désoxycytidine-triphosphate (dCTP), de la transcriptase inverse du VIH et qui inhibe la réplication in vitro du VIH-1 en inhibant la synthèse de l'ADN viral.

OBS

Zalcitabine. (anciennement appelée didésoxycytidine (ddC)).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
OBS

Principio activo del ddC, cuyo nombre comercial es Hivid.

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