Pyrimidine nucleosides are one-carbon-containing nitrogenous bases (cytosine and thymine) bonded to a ribose or deoxyribose molecule. These compounds can act as antimetabolites, extracellular messengers, and chain terminators that inhibit viral DNA polymerase.
Synonym: 5-brdu. Formula Weight: 307.09 Absorbance: 0.47 to 0.53 (A250/A260),1.87 to 1.93 (A280/A260),1.45 to 1.55 (A290/A260) Synonym: 5-bromodeoxyuridine.