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Cytidine vs Azacytidine - What's the difference?

cytidine | azacytidine |

As nouns the difference between cytidine and azacytidine

is that cytidine is (biochemistry|genetics) a nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to ribose while azacytidine is (organic compound|medicine) a synthetic analogue of cytidine used in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome.

cytidine

English

Noun

(wikipedia cytidine) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to ribose

    • Related terms

    *deoxycytidine

    azacytidine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia azacytidine) (-)
  • (organic compound, medicine) A synthetic analogue of cytidine used in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome