A dehydroxylated derivative of uridine; inhibits uridine phosphorylase isolated from T. gondii (apparent Ki = 2.459 mM); decreases the proliferation of CCRF CEM, L1210, P388, and S180 cancer cells (EC50s = 25, 5, 2.5, and 15 µM, respectively); reduces the infection rate and number of T. cruzi amastigotes in HeLa cells at 1 µM; induces sodium currents in X. laevis oocytes expressing human CNT 1 or CNT 3 at 500 µM