Streptozotocin (Streptozocin, STZ, Zanosar®) is a naturally occurring chemical that is particularly toxic to the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas in mammals. It is used in medicine for treating certain cancers of the Islets of Langerhans and used in medical research to produce an animal model for Type 1 diabetes in large dose as well ...
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Methyl nitroso urea with a 2 substituted glucose, used as an antibiotic (effective against growing gram-positive and gram-negative organisms) and also to induce a form of diabetes in experimental animals (rapidly induces pancreatic B-cell necrosis if given in high-dose). By using multiple low doses in a particular strain of mice, it is possible to ...
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Methyl nitroso-urea with a 2-substituted glucose, used as an antibiotic (effective against growing Gram positive and Gram negative organisms), and also to induce a form of diabetes in experimental animals (rapidly induces pancreatic B cell necrosis if given in high dose). By using multiple low doses in a particular strain of mice, it is possible to produce insulitis followed later by diabetes, a model for juvenile-onset diabetes in humans.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: strep′tō-zō-tōk′sin
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