Tegafur

Tegafur
Clinical data
Other names5-fluoro-1-(oxolan-2-yl)pyrimidine-2,4-dione
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life3.9-11 hours
Identifiers
  • (RS)-5-Fluoro-1-(tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.038.027
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H9FN2O3
Molar mass200.169 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • FC=1C(=O)NC(=O)N(C=1)[C@@H]2OCCC2
  • InChI=1S/C8H9FN2O3/c9-5-4-11(6-2-1-3-14-6)8(13)10-7(5)12/h4,6H,1-3H2,(H,10,12,13)/t6-/m1/s1 Y
  • Key:WFWLQNSHRPWKFK-ZCFIWIBFSA-N Y
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Tegafur is a chemotherapeutic prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) used in the treatment of cancers. It is a component of the combination drug tegafur/uracil. When metabolised, it becomes 5-FU.

It was patented in 1967 and approved for medical use in 1972.