تنوفوویر دیسوپروکسیل فومارات CAS:202138-50-9

تنوفوویر دیسوپروکسیل فومارات (a prodrug of tenofovir), belongs to a class of antiretroviral drugs known as nucleotide analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nRTIs), Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate block reverse transcriptase, an enzyme crucial to viral production in HIV-infected people. In vivo tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is converted to tenofovir, an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate (nucleotide) analog of adenosine 5'-monophosphate

Tenofovir disoproxil is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to treat chronic hepatitis B. The active substance is tenofovir, while tenofovir disoproxil is a prodrug that is used because of its better absorption in the gut.

The drug is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, مهمترین داروهای مورد نیاز در یک سیستم بهداشتی پایه. It is marketed by Gilead Sciences under the trade name Viread(as the fumarate, TDF). As of 2015 the cost for a typical month of medication in the United States is more than 200 USD.