has role cytosine antiviral agent pyrimidine nucleoside cytarabine LINCS:LSM-5470 243.08552 ara-C HMDB:HMDB0015122 PMID:15492802 Wikipedia:Cytarabine 1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine CHEBI:40824 CHEBI:28680 chebi_ontology CAS:147-94-4 cytarabinum cytosine-beta-D-arabinofuranoside Nc1ccn([C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2O)c(=O)n1 Arabinoside C KEGG:C02961 CHEBI:4074 Drug_Central:770 0 PDBeChem:AR3 A pyrimidine nucleoside in which cytosine is attached to D-arabinofuranose via a beta-N(1)-glycosidic bond. Used mainly in the treatment of leukaemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia, cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. Cytosine-1-beta-D-arabinofuranoside arabinocytosine InChI=1S/C9H13N3O5/c10-5-1-2-12(9(16)11-5)8-7(15)6(14)4(3-13)17-8/h1-2,4,6-8,13-15H,3H2,(H2,10,11,16)/t4-,6-,7+,8-/m1/s1 Beilstein:89175 citarabina Cytarabine 4-amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylpyrimidin-2(1H)-one 243.21674 Cytosine arabinoside DrugBank:DB00987 UHDGCWIWMRVCDJ-CCXZUQQUSA-N CHEBI:23532 KEGG:D00168 4-Amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone cytarabine C9H13N3O5 Reaxys:89175 antimetabolite antineoplastic agent immunosuppressive agent beta-D-arabinoside monosaccharide derivative