Carbovir, also known as (-)-Carbovir, is a nucleoside nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) caused mitochondrial toxicity in human hepatoma carcinoma cell.
(+)-Carbovir triphosphate is an active metabolite of Abacavir. It was used to study the molecular mechanism of inhibition and drug resistance for HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
ent-Abacavir is an enatiomer of Abacavir. Abacavir is a carbocyclic 2'-deoxyguanosine nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and an anti-HIV drug used to treat HIV infection. Intracellular enzymes convert Abacavir to its active form, carbovir-triphosphate (CBV-TP), which then selectively inhibits HIV reverse transcriptase by incorporating into viral DNA. Abacavir is metabolized in the liver by uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase and alcohol dehydrogenase resulting in inactive glucuronide and carboxylate metabolites, respectively.