mitomycin

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Etymology[edit]

From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

Noun[edit]

mitomycin (plural mitomycins)

  1. (pharmacology) Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
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