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. 2017 Sep 12;7:11401. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11924-4

Table 1.

Approved drugs with six or more patterns.

Drug name Target Disease Scaffold N Patterns
Adenosine Uridine 5′-nucleotidase Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and help identify coronary artery disease. Nucleobases 8
Cladribine Deoxycytidine kinase Hairy cell leukemia Nucleobases 7
Folic acid Folate receptor alpha Folate deficiencies and megaloblastic anemia. Aminopteridones 7
Tetrahydrobiopterin Nitric oxide synthase Phenylketonuria(PKU) Aminopteridones 7
Amodiaquine Histamine N-methyltransferase Acute malaria attacks in non-immune subjects Singletons 6
Mercaptopurine Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase Lymphatic Leukemia Nucleobases 6
Pentostatin Adenosine deaminase Lymphoproliferative malignancies, particularly hairy-cell leukemia Nucleobases 6
Pentoxifylline Chitinase Peripheral vascular diseases and cerebrovascular insufficiency. Nucleobases 6
Pyridoxal Phosphate D-serine dehydratase Dietary shortage or imbalance. Singletons 6
Quercetin Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase Dicrease capillary fragility. Flavones 6
Telbivudine Deoxycytidine kinase HepatitisB virus (HBV) Nucleobases 6
Triamterene Pteridine reductase 1 Edema associated with congestive heart failure. Aminopteridones 6

Listed are the drugs and their targets as well as their original indication and chemical class.