单词 | dactinomycin |
释义 | dactinomycinenUKdac·ti·no·my·cinD0003200 (dăk′tə-nō-mī′sĭn)dactinomycinenUKdactinomycin[dak″tĭ-no-mi´sin]dac·ti·no·my·cin(dak'ti-nō-mī'sin),See also: actinomycins. dactinomycin(dăk′tə-nō-mī′sĭn)Actinomycin DA relatively toxic antibiotic produced by Streptomyces spp, which is used as a chemotherapeutic.Mechanism Inhibits DNA transcription by RNA polymerase. Indications Rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms’ tumour, gestational trophoblastic tumour Adverse effects Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, myelosuppression with pancytopenia, diarrhoea dactinomycinOncology An antitumor antibiotic member of a class of drugs first isolated from Streptomyces, and used to treat Wilms' tumor, Ewing sarcoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, choriocarcinoma, seminoma, KS, lymphomadac·ti·no·my·cin(dak'ti-nō-mī'sin)dactinomycinA cytotoxic drug used to treat cancers mainly of children. Dactinomycin is an antibiotic derived from Streptomyces pavullus which causes breaks in DNA. This side effect renders it unsuitable as an antibacterial drug, but makes it useful as an anti-cancer drug. A brand name is Cosmegen Lyovac. There are other actinomycins in the group produced by Streptomyces chrysomallas .dac·ti·no·my·cin(dak'ti-nō-mī'sin) |
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