the active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. it comes from the bacterium streptomyces verticillus. bleomycin damages dna and may kill rapidly growing cancer cells. it is a type of antineoplastic antibiotic.
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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/02/05 21:18 UTC 版)
From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
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bleomycin (countable and uncountable, plural bleomycins)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/31 05:37 UTC 版)
Bleomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus. Bleomycin refers to a family of structurally related compounds. When used as an anticancer agent, the chemotherapeutical forms are primarily bleomycin A2 and B2. It works by causing breaks in DNA. The drug is used in the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma (as a component of the ABVD regimen), squamous cell carcinomas, and testicular cancer, as well as in the treatment of plantar warts and as a means of effecting pleurodesis.