The stability of ftorafur in artificial gastric juice and its major decomposition product were studied quantitatively by the combination of TLC technique and UV-recording spectrophotometry. The decomposition proceeded in first-order reaction. The decomposition rate was accelerated by the increase of temperature. The major decomposition products were identified as 5-fluorouracil. The apparent activation energy for the decomposition was found to he approximately 24.3kcal/mole from Arrhenius plot.