Favipiravir (T-705)

Catalog No.S7975 Batch:S797503

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Technical Data

Formula

C5H4FN3O2
Molecular Weight 157.1 CAS No. 259793-96-9
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 31 mg/mL (197.32 mM)
Ethanol 16 mg/mL (101.84 mM)
Water 11 mg/mL (70.01 mM)
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Favipiravir (T-705) is a potent and selective RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor, used to treat influenza virus infections.
Targets
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase [1]
In vitro Favipiravir shows anti-influenza virus activities with IC50 ranged from 0.013 to 0.48 μg/ml for the influenza A viruses, from 0.039 to 0.089 μg/ml for the influenza B viruses, and from 0.030 to 0.057 μg/ml for the influenza C viruses. In mammalian cell lines (MDCK cells, Vero cells, HEL cells, A549 cells, HeLa cells, and HEp-2 cells), Favipiravir shows no cytotoxicity at concentrations up to 1,000 μg/ml. [1] In MDCK cells inoculated with seasonal influenza A (H1N1) viruses, Favipiravir induces lethal mutagenesis. [2]
In vivo In influenza virus-infected mice, Favipiravir (200 mg/kg/day, p.o.) protects the mice from death from influenza virus infection. [1] In mice experimentally infected with Ebola virus, Favipiravir efficiently blocks viral production, reaching an antiviral effectiveness of 95% and 99.6% at 2 and 6days after initiation of treatment, respectively. [3]

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:[1]
  • Cell lines

    MDCK cells, Vero cells, HEL cells, A549 cells, HeLa cells, and HEp-2 cells

  • Concentrations

    1000 μg/mL

  • Incubation Time

    3 days

  • Method

    The cytotoxicity of T-705 is evaluated by an assay with XTT. XTT is converted to aqueous formazan by an enzyme in MDCK cells, Vero cells, HEL cells, A549 cells, HeLa cells, and HEp-2 cells. The compounds are diluted to the appropriate concentrations (volume, 100 μl) with test medium (EMEM containing 10% FCS) in 96-well culture plates in which each well contains a concentration of 2 × 103 cells/100 μL. The test plates are incubated for 3 days at 37°C in 100% humidity and 5% CO2. After 3 days, 50 μl of the XTT reagent (1 mg/ml in FCS-free EMEM containing 5 mM phenazine methosulfate) is added, and the reaction product is assayed by measurement of the absorbance at 450 nm with a microplate reader. Cytotoxicity is expressed as the 50% cell-inhibitory concentration (CC50).
Animal Study:[1]
  • Animal Models

    Mice infected with influenza virus A/PR/8/34

  • Dosages

    200 mg/kg/day

  • Administration

    p.o.

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Data from [Data independently produced by , , Cell Physiol Biochem, 2018, 49(1):381-394]

Data from [Data independently produced by , , Antiviral Res, 2017, 143:237-245]

Selleck's Favipiravir (T-705) has been cited by 21 publications

Identification of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor, vidofludimus, as a potent and novel inhibitor for influenza virus [ J Med Virol, 2024, 96(1):e29372] PubMed: 38235544
Ebola virus VP35 hijacks the PKA-CREB1 pathway for replication and pathogenesis by AKIP1 association [ Nat Commun, 2022, 13(1):2256] PubMed: 35474062
TRIM25 inhibits influenza A virus infection, destabilizes viral mRNA, but is redundant for activating the RIG-I pathway [ Nucleic Acids Res, 2022, gkac512] PubMed: 35736141
In vitro and in vivo efficacy of a novel nucleoside analog H44 against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus [ Antiviral Res, 2022, 199:105273] PubMed: 35257725
Novel Antiviral Activity of Ethyl 3-Hydroxyhexanoate Against Coxsackievirus B Infection [ Front Microbiol, 2022, 13:875485] PubMed: 35495645
Favipiravir induces oxidative stress and genotoxicity in cardiac and skin cells [ Toxicol Lett, 2022, 371:9-16] PubMed: 36152797
Use of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for foscarnet quantification in human serum and cerebrospinal fluid [ Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 2022, e9255] PubMed: 35001441
A cell-based assay to discover inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase [ Antiviral Res, 2021, S0166-3542(21)00068-1] PubMed: 33894278
Engineering a Reliable and Convenient SARS-CoV-2 Replicon System for Analysis of Viral RNA Synthesis and Screening of Antiviral Inhibitors [ mBio, 2021, 12(1)e02754-20] PubMed: 33468688
Comprehensive Cardiotoxicity Assessment of COVID-19 Treatments Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes [ Toxicol Sci, 2021, kfab079] PubMed: 34142159

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