Funai Yakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoneichi Sawai

Setsuro Fujii

Naoki Umeda

Masahiro Kawasaki

Bompei Yasui

Tomohisa Miyamoto

Iwao Hashimoto

Kazuko Ando

Mitsuo Nakamura

New ester derivatives of deoxyfluorouridine of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R.sup.40, may be identical or different, and may be hydrogen, halogen or methyl and n is 3 or 4. These derivatives are prepared by acylating a 2'-deoxy-3',5'-di-O-alkylcarbonyl-5-fluorouridine with corresponding benzoyl halides and are useful as active ingredients for anti-tumor agents, especially for oral administeration.

Ester derivatives of deoxyfluorouridine

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Yoneichi Sawai