Description
Carmofurisapyrimidineanalogandderivativeoffluorouracil;itexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticandanti-metastaticactivities.Carmofurinhibitsthymidylatesynthaseandacidceramidase,preventingDNAreplication.Thiscompoundisclinicallyusedtotreatcurativelyresectedcoloncancerandbreastcancer.
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