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Flucytosine

A fluorinated cytosine analogue antifungal, first made in 1957: it is used with amphotericin B against cryptococcosis and severe candidiasis and is on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient, metabolites and other impurities.

Did you know?It was first made in 1957 as a potential anticancer agent: in 1963 mouse studies showed it worked against Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans, and in 1968 it was first used in humans.

FlucytosineGo to the active ingredient →
FlucytosineActive ingredientFlucytosineCat. No. P-F070-001CAS 2022-85-7

EDQM standards 2

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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