The application relates to a pharmaceutical
cocrystal of
cytarabine and 5-
fluorouracil and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical cocrystals. The pharmaceutical
cocrystal is composed of one
cytarabine molecule and one 5-
fluorouracil molecule as a basic
structural unit, and has a
chemical formula of [C9H 13 N3O5.C4H3N2O2F]; the pharmaceutical
cocrystal belongs to an orthorhombic
system and has a
space group of P212121. The pharmaceutical cocrystal prepared by a
solvent evaporation method and a cooling method improves the permeability of
cytarabine, appropriately reduces the
solubility of cytarabine, and significantly improves the
antitumor activity of cytarabine; through the complementary advantages of the properties and the pharmacodynamic effects of two components, the synergistic antitumor effects of cytarabine and 5-
fluorouracil are realized, and a new idea is provided for developing synergistic antitumor pharmaceutical cocrystals. The pharmaceutical cocrystal can keep the skeleton structure of the
crystal unchanged after long-term placement at
room temperature, the preparation method is simple and easy to implement, the cost is low, and the pharmaceutical cocrystal is convenient for large-scale production.