Many Anti-viral drugs are anti-metabolites..
1) Those who block viral penetration/ uncoating - Amantadine, Enfurvitide
2) Those who inhibit DNA polymerase - They end in "-clovir"
3) Those who inhibit RNA polymerase - Ribavirin
4) Those who inhibit both DNA and RNA polymerase - Foscarnet
5) Those who inhibit Reverse transcriptase - They end in "-ine" [Exception: Efavirenz which is reverse transcriptase inhibitor and Amantidine which is not]
6) Those who inhibit viral aspartate protease - They end in "-navir"
7) Those who inhibit viral neuraminidase - They end in "-mivir"
Sunday, March 9, 2008
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