Medical Definition of Phleomycins
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Water-soluble, copper-containing low molecular weight polypeptides obtained from the culture medium of streptomyces verticillus. They are specific inhibitors of DNA synthesis in bacteria and have been found to act as antitumour agents. They have also been used against rust fungi of plants.
Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antineoplastic, antibiotics, glycopeptide, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phleomycins
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