Pentostatin

Pentostatin
Clinical data
Trade namesNipent
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa692004
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailabilityn/a
Protein binding4%
MetabolismHepatic, minor
Elimination half-life2.6 to 16 hours, mean 5.7 hours
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (R)-3-((2R,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
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ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.164.991
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H16N4O4
Molar mass268.273 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • n1c3c(n(c1)[C@@H]2O[C@@H]([C@@H](O)C2)CO)N\C=N/C[C@H]3O
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C11H16N4O4/c16-3-8-6(17)1-9(19-8)15-5-14-10-7(18)2-12-4-13-11(10)15/h4-9,16-18H,1-3H2,(H,12,13)/t6-,7+,8+,9+/m0/s1 Y
  • Key:FPVKHBSQESCIEP-JQCXWYLXSA-N Y
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Pentostatin (or 2′-deoxycoformycin, trade name Nipent, manufactured by SuperGen) is an anticancer chemotherapeutic drug.[1]

  1. ^ Kay NE, Geyer SM, Call TG, Shanafelt TD, Zent CS, Jelinek DF, et al. (January 2007). "Combination chemoimmunotherapy with pentostatin, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab shows significant clinical activity with low accompanying toxicity in previously untreated B chronic lymphocytic leukemia". Blood. 109 (2): 405–411. doi:10.1182/blood-2006-07-033274. PMC 1785105. PMID 17008537.