This brand name is authorized in South Africa
The drug ANCOMYL contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):
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Flucytosine
UNII D83282DT06 - FLUCYTOSINE
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Flucytosine is a fluorinated pyrimidine derivative. It is an antimycotic agent exerting fungistatic and fungicidal activity by interfering with protein and DNA synthesis. Fluorodeoxyuridine interferes with the enzyme thymidylate synthase. Inhibition of thymidylate synthase subsequently causes disruption of DNA synthesis. |
This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:
| ATC code | Group title | Classification |
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| J02AX01 | Flucytosine | J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J02 Antimycotics for systemic use → J02A Antimycotics for systemic use → J02AX Other antimycotics for systemic use |
This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:
| Country | Identification scheme | Identifier(s) |
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| Country: ZA | Health Products Regulatory Authority | Identifier(s): 54/20.2.2/0752.748, 54/20.2.2/0753.749 |
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