Heterocyclic Compound

Methotrexate

AMW:CHEM:030783

An antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. It is an inhibitor of TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE and prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA.

Biochemistry chemical

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Methotrexate has parent Aminopterin

Methotrexate member of drug class Antimetabolites

Methotrexate member of drug class Immunosuppressant-Cytotoxic Drugs

Methotrexate member of drug class Immunosuppressants

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Identifier classification

PrefixChemical substances · AMW:CHEM:

Class03 · Heterocyclic Compounds

Domains

Biochemistry · base Pharmacology · base

Semantic roles

Biochemistry / Concept Pharmacology / Drug

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Methotrexate en · preferred