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                                                                Synonyms: dideoxycytidine (DDC) | Hivid® | Ro-242027000/Ro-24-2027-000
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                zalcitabine is an approved drug (FDA (1992)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: zalcitabine is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) antiretroviral drug. Chemically it is an is an analogue of pyrimidine and is a derivative of endogenous deoxycytidine.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1992) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 4-amino-1-[(2R,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-1,2-dihydropyrimidin-2-one | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 6871 | zalcitabine | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| dideoxycytidine (DDC) | Hivid® | Ro-242027000/Ro-24-2027-000 | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 7481-89-2 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL853 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00943 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2856 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178101530 | 
| PubChem CID | 24066 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | WREGKURFCTUGRC-POYBYMJQSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | WREGKURFCTUGRC | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | zalcitabine | 
| Search PubMed titles | zalcitabine | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | zalcitabine | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | WREGKURFCTUGRC-POYBYMJQSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | WREGKURFCTUGRC-POYBYMJQSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Zalcitabine | 
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                                                                           Zalcitabine (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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