mitomycin
English edit
Etymology edit
From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
Noun edit
mitomycin (plural mitomycins)
- (pharmacology) 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.