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Descriptor English: Emtricitabine
Descriptor Spanish: Emtricitabina
Descriptor emtricitabina
Scope note: Análogo de la desoxicitidina e INHIBIDOR DE TRANSCRIPTASA INVERSA con actividad antiviral contra los virus VIH-1 y HEPATITIS B. Se utiliza para tratar INFECCIONES POR VIH.
Descriptor Portuguese: Emtricitabina
Descriptor French: Emtricitabine
Entry term(s): Beta L 2',3' dideoxy 5 fluoro 3' thiacytidine
Beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine
Coviracil
Emtriva
Tree number(s): D03.383.742.680.245.500.600
D13.570.230.329.525
D13.570.685.245.500.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000068679
Scope note: A deoxycytidine analog and REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR with antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HEPATITIS B viruses. It is used to treat HIV INFECTIONS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Antiviral Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
Registry Number: G70B4ETF4S
Public MeSH Note: 2016; EMTRICITABINE was indexed under DEOXYCYTIDINE 1999-2015
History Note: 2016 (1999)
DeCS ID: 55929
Unique ID: D000068679
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Emtricitabine - Preferred
Concept UI M0337569
Scope note A deoxycytidine analog and REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR with antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HEPATITIS B viruses. It is used to treat HIV INFECTIONS.
Preferred term Emtricitabine
Entry term(s) Beta L 2',3' dideoxy 5 fluoro 3' thiacytidine
Beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine
Coviracil - Narrower
Concept UI M0361790
Preferred term Coviracil
Emtriva - Narrower
Concept UI M0451777
Preferred term Emtriva



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