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Gemcitabine hydrochloride

≥98% (HPLC), powder, deoxycytidine analog

Synonym(s):

2′-Deoxy-2′,2′-difluorocytidine; dFdC, Gemzar (Lilly), LY-188011, dFdC, dFdCyd

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H11F2N3O4 · HCl
CAS Number:
122111-03-9
Molecular Weight:
299.66
MDL number:
MFCD01735988
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329799951
NACRES:
NA.77

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Product Name

Gemcitabine hydrochloride, ≥98% (HPLC)

Quality Level

100

assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

storage condition

desiccated
protect from light

solubility

H2O: ≥10 mg/mL

originator

Eli Lilly

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cl.NC1=NC(=O)N(C=C1)[C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)C2(F)F

InChI

1S/C9H11F2N3O4.ClH/c10-9(11)6(16)4(3-15)18-7(9)14-2-1-5(12)13-8(14)17;/h1-2,4,6-7,15-16H,3H2,(H2,12,13,17);1H/t4-,6-,7-;/m1./s1

InChI key

OKKDEIYWILRZIA-OSZBKLCCSA-N

Gene Information

human ... POLA1(5422), POLA2(23649), POLD1(5424), POLD2(5425), POLD3(10714), POLD4(57804), POLE(5426), POLE2(5427), POLE3(54107), PRIM1(5557), PRIM2(5558), RRM1(6240), RRM2(6241), RRM2B(50484)

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General description

Gemcitabineis a pyrimidine nucleoside analog of deoxycytidine. It exhibits anticancereffects against various cancers.

Application

Gemcitabinehydrochloride has been used as a chemotherapeutic agent to study its effects onthe human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lineIt has been used as a chemotherapeutic to study its resistance inpancreatic stellate cells (PSCs)It has also been used to study its effects on patient-derivedxenograft (PDX) organoids.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Gemcitabine is a widely used antineoplastic agent and antimetabolite.
Gemcitabine is a widely used antitumor agents in both clinics and research labs. It is an antineoplastic agent and antimetabolite.

Features and Benefits

This compound is a featured product for Apoptosis research. Click here to discover more featured Apoptosis products. Learn more about bioactive small molecules for other areas of research at sigma.com/discover-bsm.
This compound was developed by Eli Lilly. To browse the list of other pharma-developed compounds and Approved Drugs/Drug Candidates, click here.

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Health hazard
GHS08

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Danger

hcodes

H360

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

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Not applicable

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Not applicable

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Bei-Ping Miao et al.
Cellular & molecular immunology, 12(6), 750-756 (2014-12-30)
The prevalence of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is high in the southern area of China and some other districts in the world. The pathogenesis of NPC is unclear. It is reported that some microRNAs (miR) are involved in the progression of
Jun Young Park et al.
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 12, 543-553 (2018-09-10)
Gemcitabine has been considered a first-line chemotherapy agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. However, the initial response rate of gemcitabine is low and chemoresistance occurs frequently. Aptamers can be effectively internalized into cancer cells via binding to target molecules
Nikki K Lytle et al.
Cell, 177(3), 572-586 (2019-04-09)
Drug resistance and relapse remain key challenges in pancreatic cancer. Here, we have used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq, and genome-wide CRISPR analysis to map the molecular dependencies of pancreatic cancer stem cells, highly therapy-resistant cells that preferentially drive tumorigenesis
Jin Soo Shin et al.
Viruses, 10(6) (2018-05-26)
The Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV), first identified in Saudi Arabia, is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that causes severe acute respiratory illness in humans with a high fatality rate. Since its emergence, MERS-CoV continues to spread to countries outside of
Katsumi Fukamachi et al.
PloS one, 9(10), e111481-e111481 (2014-10-28)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a highly lethal disease, which is usually diagnosed in an advanced stage. We have established transgenic rats carrying a mutated K-ras gene controlled by Cre/loxP activation. The animals develop PDA which is histopathologically similar to
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