actinomycin

actinomycin
/ak tin'oh muy"sin, ak'teuh noh-/, n. Pharm.
any of a group of related antibiotics derived from several species of streptomyces bacteria, used against susceptible bacteria and fungi and in the treatment of various cancers.
[ACTINOMYC(ES) + -IN2]

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  • Actinomycin — D Systematic (IUPAC) name 2 amino N,N bis[(6S,9R,10S,13R,18aS) 6,13 diisopropyl 2,5,9 trimethyl 1,4,7,11,14 pentaoxohexadecahydro 1H pyrrolo[2,1 i] [1,4,7,10,13] oxatetraazacyclohexadecin 10 yl] 4,6 dimethyl 3 oxo 3H …   Wikipedia

  • actinomycin — n. [From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found.] 1. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain. Note: Actinomycin D is the most… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • actinomycin C — actinomycin actinomycin n. [From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found.] 1. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain. Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • actinomycin D — actinomycin actinomycin n. [From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found.] 1. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain. Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • actinomycin F1 — actinomycin actinomycin n. [From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found.] 1. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain. Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • actinomycin D — n. [From actinomyces, the genus of the organism in which they were first found.] The most well known of the actinomycins ({C62H86N12O16}), a class of antibiotics which act by binding to DNA and inhibiting synthesis of RNA; they act agains gram… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • actinomycin D — actinomycin D. См. актиномицин D. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • actinomycin D — n DACTINOMYCIN * * * see dactinomycin …   Medical dictionary

  • actinomycin — ☆ actinomycin [ak΄tə nōmī′sin ] n. [< ACTINOMYCETE + IN1] any of various antibiotic polypeptides derived from streptomyces soil bacteria: active against certain bacteria and fungi and some neoplasms …   English World dictionary

  • Actinomycin D — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Actinomycin D Andere Namen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Actinomycin — Actinomycine sind eine Klasse von Peptid Antibiotika aus Streptomyceten. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Struktureller Aufbau 2 Entdeckung und Nomenklatur 3 Biologische Wirkung 4 Pharmakologische Anwendung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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