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Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Olivomycins

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Olivomycins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Olivomycin

Scope note

  • A mixture of several closely related glycosidic antibiotics obtained from Actinomyces (or Streptomyces) olivoreticuli. They are used as fluorescent dyes that bind to DNA and prevent both RNA and protein synthesis and are also used as antineoplastic agents.

History note

  • 81; was OLIVOMYCIN 1965-80 (Prov 1965-71)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009848

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