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ALX-480-099 Revised 25-Mar-08 New product
5-Fluorouracil
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SYNONYMS 5-FU
2,4-Dioxo-5-fluoropyrimidine
5-Fluoro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione
PRODUCT LINE Cancer
PRODUCT CATEGORY Antitumor Agents (Apoptosis Inducers)
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Product Numbers: Format: Size: Unit Price: Quantity: Add To Cart
ALX-480-099-G001   1 g 15.00 USD Add To Cart
ALX-480-099-G005   5 g 60.00 USD Add To Cart
Product Specification
FORMULA: C4H3FN2O2
MW: 130.1
CAS NUMBER: 51-21-8
MERCK INDEX: 14: 4181
RTECS: YR0350000
PURITY: ≥98% (HPLC)
APPEARANCE: White to off-white crystalline powder.
SOLUBILITY: Soluble in DMSO (5mg/ml), dimethyl formamide (5mg/ml), methanol (1mg/ml) or hot water (1mg/ml).
SHIPPING: AMBIENT
LONG TERM STORAGE: -20°C
HAZARD: HARMFUL.
IDENTITY: Determined by IR and UV.

Product Description

Potent antitumor agent. Inhibits thymidylate synthetase. Induces p53-dependent apoptosis.
Product Specific Literature References
Apoptosis of human primary and metastatic colon adenocarcinoma cell lines in vitro induced by 5-fluorouracil, verapamil, and hyperthermia: I.B. Shchepotin, et al.; Anticancer Res. 14, 1027 (1994) Abstract
Modulation of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter by inhibitors of DNA synthesis: J. Pressacco, et al.; Br. J. Cancer 72, 939 (1995) Abstract
Nucleoside-mediated mitigation of 5-fluorouracil-induced toxicity in synchronized murine erythroleukemic cells: K.H. Elstein, et al.; Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 146, 29 (1997) Abstract
Effects of perturbations of pools of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates on expression of ribonucleotide reductase, a G1/S transition state enzyme, in p53-mutated cells: S. Wadler, et al.; Biochem. Pharmacol. 55, 1353 (1998) Abstract
Chemically-induced apoptosis: p21 and p53 as determinants of enterotoxin activity: D.M. Pritchard, et al.; Toxicol. Lett. 102, 19 (1998) Abstract
Effect of 5-fluorouracil on cell cycle regulatory proteins in human colon cancer cell line: H. Takeda, et al.; Jpn. J. Cancer Res. 90, 677 (1999) Abstract
5-fluorouracil sensitivity and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase activity in advanced gastric cancer: T. Inada, et al.; Anticancer Res. 20, 2457 (2000) Abstract
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