A carboxylic ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of L-alanine with the hydroxy group of brivanib. It is a prodrug of brivanib (BMS-540215), a potent oral dual inhibitor of VEGFR-2 and FGFR-1 (IC50 of 25 nM and 148 nM, respectively) and was in development for the treatment of hepatocellular and colon carcinomas.
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A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug.
Definition :
Any of the 23 alpha-amino acids that are precursors to proteins, and are incorporated into proteins during translation. The group includes the 20 amino acids encoded by the nuclear genes of eukaryotes together with selenocysteine, pyrrolysine, and N-formylmethionine. Apart from glycine, which is non-chiral, all have L configuration.