anthramycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics, having a benzodiazepine structure, isolated from Streptomyces bacteria, that have antitumour activity

Word forms

anthramycin anthramycins

Etymology

From anthra- + -mycin.

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