3 Results for "

APGA

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3 Results for "APGA" in MCE Product Catalog:

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Cat. No.: HY-14518
CAS No.: 54-62-6
Purity:  ≥98.0%
Synonyms: 4-Aminofolic acid; APGA
Target:  

Antifolate

Research Areas:  

Inflammation/Immunology Cancer

Aminopterin (4-Aminofolic acid), the 4-amino derivative of folic acid, is a folic acid antagonist. Aminopterin catalyses the reduction of folic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, and competitively inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) with a Ki of 3.7 pM. Aminopterin has anticancer and immunosuppressive activity. Aminopterin is used in treatment of pediatric leukemia .
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Cat. No.: HY-14518A
CAS No.: 58602-66-7
Synonyms: 4-Aminofolic acid sodium; APGA sodium
Target:  

Antifolate

Research Areas:  

Cancer

Aminopterin sodium (4-Aminofolic acid sodium) is an anti-tumor drug with immunosuppressive activity. Aminopterin sodium blocks the metabolism of folic acid by inhibiting the activity of dihydrofolate reductase, thereby affecting nucleic acid synthesis. Aminopterin sodium is mainly used to inhibit acute lymphoblastic leukemia and certain other types of cancer. Aminopterin sodium is also used clinically as an immunosuppressant to suppress autoimmune diseases .
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Cat. No.: HY-14518R
CAS No.: 54-62-6
Synonyms: 4-Aminofolic acid (Standard); APGA (Standard)
Aminopterin (Standard) is the analytical standard of Aminopterin. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. Aminopterin (4-Aminofolic acid), the 4-amino derivative of folic acid, is a folic acid antagonist. Aminopterin catalyses the reduction of folic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, and competitively inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) with a Ki of 3.7 pM. Aminopterin has anticancer and immunosuppressive activity. Aminopterin is used in treatment of pediatric leukemia .
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