dihydrothymine; 5,6-dihydrothymine; 5,6-dihydro-5-methyluracil

Physiology

• intermediate breakdown product of thymine
• thymine is reduced by dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase to form dihydrothymine as part of pyrimidine base degradation

Laboratory

• dihydrothymine in CSF
• dihydrothymine in serum/plasma
• dihydrothymine/creatinine in urine

More general terms

• heterocyclic compound, 1 ring
• intermediary metabolite

Additional terms

• dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; DHPDHase; dihydrouracil dehydrogenase; dihydrothymine dehydrogenase (DPD, DPYD)
• thymine (T)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=93556