Utidelone

Utidelone
Clinical data
Trade names優替帝
Other namesEpothilone D; desoxyepothilone B
Legal status
Legal status
  • Rx in China
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC27H41NO5S
Molar mass491.69 g·mol−1

Utidelone is a pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. It was approved for use in China in 2021.[1][2]

Utidelone is a member of the epothilone class of natural products, which are metabolites produced by the soil-dwelling myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum.[3] It is also known as epothilone D.

  1. ^ "New Drug Approvals in China in 2021". diaglobal.org. 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ Villegas C, González-Chavarría I, Burgos V, Iturra-Beiza H, Ulrich H, Paz C (March 2023). "Epothilones as Natural Compounds for Novel Anticancer Drugs Development". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24 (7): 6063. doi:10.3390/ijms24076063. PMC 10093981. PMID 37047035.
  3. ^ Avendaño C, Menéndez JC (2023). "Anticancer drugs targeting tubulin and microtubules". Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs: 445–491. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818549-0.00017-0. ISBN 978-0-12-818549-0.