Definition: A complex of related glycopeptide antibiotics from Streptomyces verticillus consisting of bleomycin A2 and B2. It inhibits DNA metabolism and is used as an antineoplastic, especially for solid tumors.
a glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotic
Other names cell pharm Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Mack Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Lundbeck Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Lemery Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Bull Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Bristol-Myers Squibb Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; Bl+¬omycine Bellon; Bleomycinum Mack; Bleomycins; Bleomycin Sulfate; Bleomycin B2; Bleomycin B(2); Bleomycin A2; Bleomycin A(2); Bleomicina; Bleolem; Blenoxane; Blanoxan; Bellon Brand of Bleomycin Sulfate; BLEO-cell
zhengguangmycin [ zhangguangmycin,zhengguangmycin A2,zhengguangmycin B2,zhengguangmycins ] antitumor antibiotic complex consisting of more than 10 components; produced by Streptomyces pingyangensis;