mitomycin
English
editEtymology
editFrom mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
Noun
editmitomycin (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.