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mercaptopurine

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A member of the class of purines that is 6,7-dihydro-1H-purine carrying a thione group at position 6. An adenine analogue, it is used in the treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.

Term info

Label

mercaptopurine

Synonyms
  • 1,7-dihydro-6H-purine-6-thione
  • Mercaptopurine
  • mercaptopurine
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

BRAND NAME
Purinethol [ DrugBank ]

INN
Mercaptopurina [ ChemIDplus ]

INN
mercaptopurinum [ ChemIDplus ]

BRAND NAME
Puri-Nethol [ DrugBank ]

INN
mercaptopurine [ ChEBI ]

IUPAC NAME
1,7-dihydro-6H-purine-6-thione [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C5H4N4S

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

6-Mercaptopurine, 6-MP, 6 MP, 6-Thiohypoxanthine, mercaptopurine, Mercapurin, mercaptopurinum, Mercaptopurina, Puri-Nethol, Purinethol, 6-Thioxopurine

id

CHEBI:50667

inchi

InChI=1S/C5H4N4S/c10-5-3-4(7-1-6-3)8-2-9-5/h1-2H,(H2,6,7,8,9,10)

inchikey

GLVAUDGFNGKCSF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

mass

152.17822

monoisotopicmass

152.01567

smiles

S=c1[nH]cnc2nc[nH]c12