Navuridine

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A dideoxyuridine inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase that is related to zidovudine. Navuridine exhibits a relatively short half-life and incomplete oral bioavailability and has not been developed into a clinical drug.

**Synonyms:** - 3'-azido-2'-3'-dideoxyuridine - AZDU - AZddU - CS-87 - NAVURIDINE