Vidarabine

Introduction: Vidarabine

Description of Vidarabine

Vidarabine: A purine nucleoside obtained from fermentation cultures of Streptomyces antibioticus used to treat herpes simplex infections.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Vidarabine: A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus with antineoplastic activity. Vidarabine inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication in tumor cells. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Vidarabine: A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus. It has some antineoplastic properties and has broad spectrum activity against DNA viruses in cell cultures and significant antiviral activity against infections caused by a variety of viruses such as the herpes viruses, the VACCINIA VIRUS and varicella zoster virus.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Vidarabine:

Terms Similar to Vidarabine:

• Adenine Arabinoside
• Ara-A
• Arabinofuranosyladenine
• Arabinosyladenine

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Vidarabine

• Adenosine
• Arabinonucleosides

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Vidarabine

• fludarabine

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Vidarabine

The following list attempts to classify Vidarabine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring
    • Purines
      • Purine Nucleosides
        • Adenosine
          • Vidarabine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
  • Nucleosides
    • Arabinonucleosides
      • Vidarabine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
  • Nucleosides
    • Purine Nucleosides
      • Adenosine
        • Vidarabine

External links related to: Vidarabine

• Vira-A Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Vidarabine - RxList Monographs

Source: Diseases Database

Interesting Medical Articles:

• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Research Your Symptoms
• Diseases & Medical Conditions
• Medical Diagnosis
• [Full list of premium articles on symptoms, diseases, and diagnosis]

Medical dictionaries:

• Medical dictionary,
• Medical Acronymns/Abbreviations

More Medical Dictionary Topics

Uncompetitive inhibition

Find out more

Search to find out more about Vidarabine:

powered by Search the Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

 » Next page: Vidarabine Phosphate

Rate This Website

What do you think about the features of this website? Take our user survey and have your say:

Website User Survey

Medical Tools & Articles:

Tools & Services:

• Bookmark this page
• Symptom Search
• Symptom Checker
• Medical Dictionary
• Give your feedback

Medical Articles:

• Disease & Treatments Search
• Misdiagnosis Center
• Full list of interesting articles

Forums & Message Boards

• Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
• I cannot get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for my condition?
• See all the Boards.

Enter your search terms Submit search form
Search The Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com

Common Health Mistakes

Symptom
Checker

Search Specialists by State and City