pingyangmycin

English

Etymology

translingual pingyangensis +‎ -mycin

Noun

pingyangmycin (uncountable)

1. An antitumor glycopeptide antibiotic belonging to the bleomycin family, produced by Streptomyces verticillus var. pingyangensis.
   • 2015 August 20, “Transcatheter Arterial Embolization Alone for Giant Hepatic Hemangioma”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This was a retrospective study of 27 patients diagnosed with giant hepatic hemangioma and treated with TAE alone (using lipiodol mixed with pingyangmycin) at the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, between January 2010 and March 2013.