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| [[Image:Vidarabine structure.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Vidarabine structure.jpg/credit|{{Vidarabine structure.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Vidarabine, an antibiotic drug with antiviral properties.]]
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| '''Vidarabine''' is an [[antibiotic drug]] with antiviral properties against DNA viruses that is an analog of the nucleoside [[guanosine]]. It can be used to treat some viral infections, including [[herpes virus|herpes]], [[vaccinia virus|vaccinia]] and [[varicella zoster]] viruses. It is isolated from ''[[Streptomyces antibioticus]]''.
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| == Chemistry ==
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| The IUPAC chemical name for vidarabine is (2R,3S,4S,5R)-2-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-3,4-diol hydrate, and it has the chemical formula C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>15</sub>N<sub>5</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, yielding a molecular mass of 285.2566 g/mol.
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| == Synonyms and brand names ==
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| ''Synonyms''
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| *Adenine Arabinoside
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| *Arabinofuranosyladenine Triphosphate
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| *Arabinoside Adenine
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| *Arabinosyl Adenine
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| *Arabinosyladenine
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| *Arabinosyladenine Triphosphate
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| *Vidarabine Triphosphate
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| *Ara Atp
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| *Ara-A
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| *Ara-a Triphosphate
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| *Ara-Atp
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| *Araadenosine
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| *Arabinosyl-Atp
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| *9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-adenine
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| ''Brand names''
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| *Arasena-A®
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| *Spongoadenosine®
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| *Vira-A®
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| *Vidarabin®
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