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• Methotrexate is currentlythe only antimetabolite approved by the FDA as a treatment for psoriasis.
• When this process is allowed to proceed normally it is also called “metobolizing,” somethotrexate is also called an “antimetabolite.”
• They prevented rabbits from producing antibody against human serum albumin by treating them for two weeks with the antimetabolite, 6-Mercaptopurine.
• Therefore, acyclovir is transformed into its corresponding nucleotide which is the active antimetabolite and the growth of the virus is inhibited (Figure 3).