Decitabine

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

**Definition:** A cytidine antimetabolite analogue with potential antineoplastic activity. Decitabine incorporates into DNA and inhibits DNA methyltransferase, resulting in hypomethylation of DNA and intra-S-phase arrest of DNA replication. (NCI04)

**Synonyms:** - 2'-Deoxy-5-azacytidine - 4-Amino-1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-1,3,5-triazin-2(1H)-one - 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine - 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine - 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine - 5-Aza-2'deoxycytidine - 5-Aza-2-deoxycytidine - 5-Azadeoxycytidine - DECITABINE - Dacogen - Dacogen - Decitabine for Injection - Deoxyazacytidine - Dezocitidine - decitabine