PENCICLOVIR


Trade Names	DENAVIR
Synonyms	BRL-39123 Denavir Fenistil NSC-759624 Penciclovir Vectavir
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	D06BB06 J05AB13
UNII	359HUE8FJC
EPA CompTox	DTXSID9046491


InChI Key	JNTOCHDNEULJHD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	Nc1nc(O)c2ncn(CCC(CO)CO)c2n1
InChI	InChI=1S/C10H15N5O3/c11-10-13-8-7(9(18)14-10)12-5-15(8)2-1-6(3-16)4-17/h5-6,16-17H,1-4H2,(H3,11,13,14,18)

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C10H15N5O3
Molecular Weight	253.26
AlogP	-0.9
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	8.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	4.0
Number of Rotational Bond	5.0
Polar Surface Area	130.31
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	2.0
Heavy Atoms	18.0

Mechanism of Action	Action	Reference
Human herpesvirus 1 DNA polymerase inhibitor	INHIBITOR	DailyMed

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Enzyme Transferase	-	-	-	-	0

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Hepatitis B virus	700	-	-	-	-
Homo sapiens	190	-	-	-	-
Human alphaherpesvirus 1	200-800	-	-	-	-
Human alphaherpesvirus 2	200	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 1 strain KOS	480-500	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 2 strain G	600-840	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 3	140	-	-	-	-
Human herpesvirus 3 strain Oka vaccine	620	-	-	-	-

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Resources	Reference
ChEBI	7956
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1540
DrugBank	DB00299
DrugCentral	2079
FDA SRS	359HUE8FJC
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0014444
KEGG	C07417
PDB	PE2
PharmGKB	PA450839
PubChem	135398748
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL3494
ZINC	ZINC000000001899

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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Last update: Monday, 3 November 2025

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