arabinosylcytosine

English

Etymology

From arabinosyl +‎ cytosine.

Noun

arabinosylcytosine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, medicine) A cytidine analog, formed from arabinose and cytosine, that has antiviral and anticancer activity.
   • 2015 July 26, Li Gao et al., “Favorable outcome of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a multicenter study in Southwest China”, in Journal of Hematology & Oncology‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     The patients undergoing haploidentical HSCT were conditioned with 9.0–10.5 Gy TBI on days −7 and −6, 6 g/m 2 /day intravenous arabinosylcytosine (Ara-C) on days −5 to −3, 45 mg/kg/day intravenous CY on days −3 to −2, and 2.5 mg/kg/day intravenous anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) (Sanofi, SangStat, Lyon, France) on days −5 to −2.