Acyclovir Sodium
The sodium salt form of acyclovir, a synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family. After conversion in vivo to the active metabolite acyclovir triphosphate by viral thymidine kinase, acyclovir competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase by incorporating into the growing viral DNA chain and terminating further polymerization.
| US brand name: | Zovirax for Injection |
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| Chemical structure: | 2-Aamino-1,9-dihydro-9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6H-purin-6-one momsodium salt 2-Amino-1,9-dihydro-9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6H-purin-6-one Momsodium Salt 9-((2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl)guanine monosodium salt |