CYTARABINE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 147-94-4

CYTARABINE

EINECS NO. 205-705-9
FORMULA C9H13N3O5
MOL WT. 243.22

H.S. CODE

 

TOXICITY

 
SYNONYMS 1-Beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine; Udicil;
1-beta-D-arabinosyl-4-amino-2(1H)pyrimidinone; Erpalfa; Tarabine;
1-beta-D-arabinosylcytosine; 4-Amino-1-arabinofuranosyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyrimidine; Arabinocytidine; arabinosylcytosine; Arabitin; Ara-C; Aracytidine; Aracytine; cytosine beta-D-arabinoside; 4-Amino-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone; Beta-cytosine arabinoside; beta-D-arabinosylcytosine; Cytosine-beta-D-arabinofuranoside; Cytosine arabinoside;

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

white to off-white crystalline powder

MELTING POINT 212 - 213 C
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SOLUBILITY IN WATER Soluble
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AUTOIGNITION

 

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STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION & APPLICATIONS

Cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside, is a synthetic nucleoside which differs from cytidine and deoxycytidine in that the sugar moiety is arabinose rather than ribose on deoxyribose. It is metabolically activated to the triphosphate nucleotide (ara-CTP) which acts as an inhibitor of DNA polymerase and produces S phase–specific cytotoxicity. It is used as an antineoplastic in the treatment of acute lymphocytic, acute myelogenous leukemia, the blast phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, erythroleukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphomais, prophylaxis, and meningeal leukemia. Cyclocytidine is metabolized to cytarabine and thereby maintains a more constant antineoplastic action. Cytarabine (1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine) is a white to off-white, crystalline powder; freely soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and in chloroform, insoluble in ether. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

fine off-white crystalline powder

IDENTIFICATION

Complies Test A,B

PURITY

98.0 - 102.0 %

SPECIFIC ROTATION

+156° ~ +160° (C=1 in water)

HEAVY METALS

10ppm max

LOSS ON DRYING

1.0% max

RESIDUE ON IGNITION

0.5% max
TRANSPORTATION
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HAZARD CLASS  
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OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: XN, Risk Phrases: 43-63, Safety Phrases: 36/37
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