mitomycin

English

Etymology

From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

Noun

mitomycin (plural mitomycins)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.