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Monday, March 30, 2026

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fluorouracil and its cousins (fluoropyrimidine)

Years ago, when I started this project, I wondered about pyrimidine antivirals.


It turns out such things do exist. Fluorouracil and its cousins are used as chemotherapy drugs, antifungals, and antivirals. I wonder what effects a dimer version of fluorouracil would have. 







chlorhexidine, proguanil, and metformin comparison

The chain with five nitrogen atoms is intriguing feature of all three. One could almost say that chlorhexidine (a disinfectant) is made from two proguanil molecules connected with a carbon chain.