Trifluridine

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Trifluridine (also called trifluorothymidine or TFT) is an anti-herpesvirus antiviral drug used primarily on the eye. It was sold under the trade name Viroptic by Glaxo Wellcome now merged into GlaxoSmithKline.

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ATC prefix

S01

ATC suffix

AD02

CAS number

70-00-8

ChEBI

75179

DrugBank

DB00432

FDA UNII code

RMW9V5RW38

IUPAC name

1-[4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-5- (trifluoromethyl) pyrimidine-24-dione

PubChem

6256