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Descriptions

Aciclovir or acyclovir (USAN, former BAN) is a guanine analogue antiviral drug used most commonly for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infection. It is one of the most commonly-used antiviral drugs, and is most commonly marketed under the trade name Zovirax (GSK). Aciclovir was seen as the start of a new era in antiviral therapy, as it is extremely selective and low in cytotoxicity. Pharmacologist Gertrude B. Elion was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine partly for the development of aciclovir. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Acyclovir (Wikipedia)

A GUANOSINE analog that acts as an antimetabolite. Viruses are especially susceptible. Used especially against herpes. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Acyclovir
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Acyclovir

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 阿昔洛韦
Synonyms: 无环嘌呤核苷;无环鸟嘌呤;无环鸟苷;羟乙氧甲鸟嘌呤
fr-CA French (Canada) Acyclovir
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Atsükloviir
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Aciclovir
it-IT Italian (Italy) Aciclovir
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Asiklovir
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Ацикловир
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) acyclovir
fr-BE French (Belgium) Acyclovir