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Also known as BCX-1777, BCX1777, Fodosine® (proposed trade name), immucillin H, immucillin-H, (2R,3R,4S,5S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(4-hydroxy-5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)pyrrolidine-3,4-diol, (1S)-1,4-dideoxy-4-imino-(9-deazahypoxanthin-9-yl)-D-ribitol

Forodesine (INN; also known as Immucillin H; trade names Mundesine and Fodosine) is a transition-state analog inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase studied for the treatment of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and for treatment of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL).

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Mass
266.102
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chemical formula
C₁₁H₁₄N₄O₄
isomeric SMILES
C1=C(C2=C(N1)C(=O)N=CN2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](N3)CO)O)O
canonical SMILES
C1=C(C2=C(N1)C(=O)N=CN2)C3C(C(C(N3)CO)O)O
Commons category
Immucillin H
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Forodesine (INN; also known as Immucillin H; trade names Mundesine and Fodosine) is a transition-state analog inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase studied for the treatment of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and for treatment of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL).

Forodesine was originally discovered by Vern Schramm's laboratory at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Industrial Research Limited in New Zealand.

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