Capécitabine

API

N° CAS 154361-50-9

Chemotherapy

• Capecitabine is a non-cytotoxic fluoropyrimidine carbamate.
• White or Almost white crystalline powder.
• It behaves as an orally administered precursor to the cytotoxic moiety, 5-fluorouracil. The activation of capecitabine follows several enzymatic steps. The enzyme involved in the final conversion to 5-FU.