ABSTRACT
Vidarabine (also known as adenine arabinoside, Ara-A, or VDB) is a purine analog that in vitro inhibits the replication of a wide range of DNA viruses, particularly herpes simplex and varicella-zoster, and some oncogenic RNA viruses (De Garilhe and De Rudder, 1964). The chemical name is 9-beta-d-arabinofuranosyl-adenine. The chemical structure is shown in Figure 218.1. Chemical structure of vidarabine. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315152110/08d8042d-9481-4a8d-8c27-9bd589f6de6b/content/fig218_1.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
