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ganciclovir
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vitrasert, GA2, 2-amino-9-((1,3-Dihydroxypropan-2-yloxy)methyl)-3H-purin-6(9H)-one, Ganciclovirum, 2-Amino-9-(2-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-ethoxymethyl)-1,9-dihydro-purin-6-one, 9-((2-Hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy)methyl)guanine, 2-amino-9-((1,3-Dihydroxypropan-2-yloxy)methyl)-9H-purin-6-ol, Gancyclovir
Ganciclovir, sold under the brand name Cytovene among others, is an antiviral medication used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections.
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Vinony's link graph records 125 inbound references to ganciclovir, and connects out to antiviral drug, neomycin and nucleoside analogue.
It is catalogued under topics including Anti-herpes virus drugs, Cell culture reagents and Diols.
Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C9H13N5O4
- Molecular weight
- 255.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-amino-9-(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yloxymethyl)-1H-purin-6-one
- SMILES
- C1=NC2=C(N1COC(CO)CO)N=C(NC2=O)N
- InChIKey
- IRSCQMHQWWYFCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -2.5
- Polar surface area
- 135 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 4
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 255.097
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- Commons category
- Ganciclovir
- chemical formula
- C₉H₁₃N₅O₄
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- ganciclovir
- canonical SMILES
- C1=NC2=C(N1COC(CO)CO)NC(=NC2=O)N
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Medical use
- Veterinary use
- Adverse effects
- Toxicity
- Mechanism of action
- Pharmacokinetics
- Administration
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Ganciclovir, sold under the brand name Cytovene among others, is an antiviral medication used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections.
Ganciclovir was patented in 1980 and approved for medical use in 1988.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ganciclovir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.