mitomycin.
Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
Meaning & usage
Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos)der. English mito- English -mycin English mitomycin From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
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