Synonyms: CGX-635 | HHT | homoharringtonine | Myelostat® | Synribo®
omacetaxine mepesuccinate is an approved drug (FDA (2012))
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Omacetaxine mepesuccinate is a semi-synthetic derivative of the alkaloid cephalotaxine from Cephalotaxus harringtonia. Note that this compound is represented on Drugbank with slightly different stereochemistry by the entry DB04865.
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Bioactivity Comments |
As we do not have ribosomes as targets in this database we are unable to link this drug to an internal primary mechanistic target. Homoharringtonine is reported to rescue SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero-E6 cells from death with an EC50 of 60 nM in a plaque assay [3]. |