Pemetrexed Disodium

Crystalline SolidChEBI: An organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of N-{4-[2-(2-amino-4-oxo-4,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)ethyl]benzoyl}-L-glutamic acid. Inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS), 4 1 dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT).Pemetrexed disodium (marketed as ALIMTA®, “pemetrexed”) is a novel, multi-targeted antifolate. It suppresses tumor growth by impeding both DNA synthesis and folate metabolism. Pemetrexed disodiu
Pemetrexed disodium is an organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of N-{4-[2-(2-amino-4-oxo-4,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)ethyl]benzoyl}-L-glutamic acid. Inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS), 421 dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT). It has a role as an antineoplastic agent, an antimetabolite, an EC 1.5.1.3 (dihydrofolate reductase) inhibitor, an EC 2.1.2.2 (phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase) inhibitor and an EC 2.1.1.45 (thymidylate synthase) inhibitor. It contains a pemetrexed(2-).|Pemetrexed is a parenterally administered folate antagonist and antineoplastic agent, used in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Pemetrexed therapy has been associated with moderate rates of serum enzyme elevations during therapy, but has not been convincingly linked to instances of acute, clinically apparent liver injury.|Pemetrexed Disodium is the disodium salt of a synthetic pyrimidine-based antifolate. Pemetrexed binds to and inhibits the enzyme thymidylate synthase (TS) which catalyses the methylation of 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate (dUMP) to 2'-deoxythymidine-5'-monophosphate (dTMP), an essential precursor in DNA synthesis.|A guanine-derived ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT that functions as a NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR through its binding to, and inhibition of, THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE.