Vidarabine

**Definition:** A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus. It has some antineoplastic properties and has broad spectrum activity against DNA viruses in cell cultures and significant antiviral activity against infections caused by a variety of viruses such as the herpes viruses, the VACCINIA VIRUS and varicella zoster virus.

**Tree numbers:** - D03.633.100.759.590.138.900 - D13.570.065.950 - D13.570.583.138.900

**Synonyms:** - 9-beta-Arabinofuranosyladenine - beta-Ara A - Adenine Arabinoside - alpha-D-Arabinofuranosyladenine - Ara-A - Arabinofuranosyladenine - 9-beta-D-Arabinofuranosyladenine - alpha-Ara A - Ara A - Arabinosyladenine