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Diaminopyrimidine
Class of organic chemical compounds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diaminopyrimidines (DAP) are a class of organic chemical compounds that include two amine groups on a pyrimidine ring.
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They include many dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor drugs (such as pyrimethamine, trimetrexate, and piritrexim[1] and the antibiotics Iclaprim and trimethoprim).
Some have been patented as anti-cancer drugs.[2]