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English
Etymology
From arabinosyl + cytosine.
Noun
arabinosylcytosine (uncountable)
- (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, 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.