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Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycopeptides > Bleomycin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Glycopeptides > Bleomycin

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Bleomycin  

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  • Bleomycins

Note

  • a glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotic

Scope note

  • A complex of related glycopeptide antibiotics from Streptomyces verticillus consisting of bleomycin A2 and B2. It inhibits DNA metabolism and is used as an antineoplastic, especially for solid tumors.

History note

  • 96; was BLEOMYCINS 1981-95, was BLEOMYCIN 1972-80 (Prov 1972-73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001761

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