An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.
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<chemical> An antibiotic that is produced by stretomyces achromogenes. It is used as an antineoplastic agent and to induce diabetes in experimental animals. ... Pharmacological action: antibiotics, aminoglycoside, antibiotics, antineoplastic. ... Chemical name: D-Glucose, 2-deoxy-2-(((methylnitrosoamino)carbonyl)amino)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ... ...
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(strep″to-zo´sin) an antitumor antibiotic derived from Streptomyces achromogenes, now produced synthetically. It acts as an alkylating agent to inhibit DNA synthesis, and also as an inhibitor of enzymes involved in gluconeogenesis; used primarily for treatment of islet cell tumors, as well as other endocrine tumors such...
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