8-Azaguanine
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8-Azaguanine is a purine analog with the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula or molecular formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound....

 C4H4N6O. It has been widely studied for its biological activity. It shows antineoplastic activity and has been used in the treatment of acute leukemia
Acute leukemia
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.

Use in chemotherapy

The compound closely resembles guanine
Guanine
Guanine is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine . In DNA, guanine is paired with cytosine. With the formula C5H5N5O, guanine is a derivative of purine, consisting of a fused pyrimidine-imidazole ring system with...

 and appears to be competitive with it in the metabolism
Metabolism
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 of living organisms. It has been shown to cause retardation of some malignant
Malignant
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 neoplasms when administered to tumor
Tumor
A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...

s in animals. 8-Azaguanine was the first purine analogue discovered to inhibit experimental tumors in mice.

Synonyms

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  • 2-Amino-6-hydroxy-8-azapurine
  • 2-Amino-6-oxy-8-azapurine
  • 5-Amino-1,4-dihydro-7H-1,2,3-triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-one
  • 5-Amino-1,6-dihydro-7H-v-triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-one
  • 5-Amino-1H-triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-ol
  • 5-Amino-1H-v-triazolo(d)pyrimidin-7-ol
  • 5-Amino-1H-(1,2,3)Triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-ol
  • 5-Amino-7-hydroxy-1H-v-triazolo(d)pyrimidine
  • 7H-1,2,3-Triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-one, 5-amino-1,4-dihydro- (9CI)
  • 7H-1,2,3-Triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidinone, 5-amino-1,4-dihydro-
  • 7H-v-Triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-one, 5-amino-1,6-dihydro-
  • 8 AG
  • 8azaG
  • Azaguanine

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  • Azaguanine-8
  • Azan
  • AZG
  • B-28
  • Guanazol
  • Guanazolo
  • NSC-749
  • Pathocidin
  • Pathocidine
  • SF-337
  • SK 1150
  • Triazologuanine
  • v-Triazolo(4,5-d)pyrimidin-7-ol,5-amino-

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