6-azauridine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009555",
  "term": "6-azauridine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A synthetic triazine analogue of uridine with antimetabolite activity. 6-azauridine inhibits de novo pyrimidine synthesis and DNA synthesis and is converted intracellularly into mono, di, and triphosphate derivatives, which incorporate into RNA and inhibit protein synthesis.",
  "abbreviation": "6-AZUR",
  "synonyms": [
    "azauridine",
    "6-azauracil riboside",
    "riboazauracil"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/6-azauridine/"
}