Product name:Methotrexate
CAS:59-05-2
Molecular Formula:C20H22N8O5
Formula Weight:454.44g/mol
Description:Methotrexate is used to treat certain types of cancer of the breast, skin, head and neck, or lung.It is also a chemotherapy drug that is given as a treatment for many types of cancer.An antimetabolite and antifolate agent with antineoplastic and immunosuppressant activities. Methotrexate binds to and inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, resulting in inhibition of purine nucleotide and thymidylate synthesis and, subsequently, inhibition of DNA and RNA syntheses. Methotrexate also exhibits potent immunosuppressant activity.