Angucycline
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Angucyclines are antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces species, which are used in chemotherapy as cytostatics against various types of cancer.[1] The angucyclines include for example aquayamycin, the landomycins, moromycins, saquayamycins, urdamycins, and vineomycins.
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[edit]- ^ Rohr, J.; Thiericke, R. (1992). "Angucycline group antibiotics". Natural Product Reports. 9 (2): 103–37. doi:10.1039/NP9920900103. PMID 1620493.