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Preferred term

Plicamycin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A tricyclic pentaglycosidic antibiotic from Streptomyces strains that inhibits RNA and protein synthesis by adhering to DNA. It is used as a fluorescent dye and as an antineoplastic agent, especially in bone and testicular tumors. Plicamycin is also used to reduce hypercalcemia, especially that due to malignancies.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 18378-89-7 (Plicamycin)
  • Aureolic Acid
  • Mithramycin
  • Mitramycin
  • NIJ123W41V

In other languages

  • French

  • 18378-89-7 (Plicamycin)
  • Mithramycin
  • NIJ123W41V
  • Plicamycine

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RFS9FZGK-0

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