(R) -2,3-o-isopropylidene-glyceraldehyde ikoreshwa nkumuhuza wa Gemcitabine.
Gemcitabine ni analogue ya pyrimidine nucleotide, ikaba ari iy'imiti igabanya ubukana bwa metabolike.Irashobora gukumira iterambere rya synthesis ya ADN mugihe runaka, ni ukuvuga S-icyiciro.Ifite ibiranga anticancer yagutse, uburyo bwihariye bwibikorwa, uburozi buke, nta kurwanya umusaraba hamwe nindi miti ya chimiotherapeutique kandi nta nuburozi bwuburozi.Uyu munsi, gemcitabine yemerewe gukoreshwa mu bihugu birenga 90, ibaye imiti ya mbere yo kuvura kanseri y'ibihaha itari mito ndetse na "zahabu" yo kuvura kanseri y'urwagashya.