(R) -2,3-o-isopropylidene-glyceraldehyde ana amfani dashi azaman matsakaici na Gemcitabine.
Gemcitabine shine analog na pyrimidine nucleotide, wanda ke cikin magungunan anticancer na rayuwa.Zai iya hana ci gaban haɗin DNA a cikin wani ɗan lokaci, wato, S-phase.Yana da halaye na bakan anticancer, na musamman na tsarin aiki, ƙananan ɗimbin yawa, babu juriya tare da sauran magungunan chemotherapeutic kuma babu babban matsayi na guba.A yau, an amince da gemcitabine don amfani da shi a cikin kasashe fiye da 90, ya zama magani na farko don maganin ciwon daji na huhu wanda ba ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta ba da kuma "ma'auni na zinariya" don maganin ciwon daji na pancreatic.