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Alfa Chemistry - Ancitabine Hydrochloride as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Ancitabine Hydrochloride: Ancitabine hydrochloride is a white needle-like crystal or crystalline powder that is freely soluble in water, slightly soluble in methanol and ethanol, and almost insoluble in ether, benzene and chloroform. The chemical name of it is 2-methanolyl 2,3,3a,9a-tetrahydro-3hydroxy-6-imino-6H furan-(2',3',4,5)-oxazole(3,2a) pyrimidine hydrochloride. Ancitabine hydrochloride is the hydrochloride salt of a cytarabine congener prodrug, so it has similar antineoplastic activity to cytarabine. It is widely used in chemotherapy for treating white blood cell cancers, especially acute myeloid leukemia (AML).