Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
18 entry terms
- Bleomycins
- BLEO-cell
- Blanoxan
- Blenoxane
- Bleolem
- Bleomicina
- Bleomycin A(2)
- Bleomycin A2
- Bleomycin B(2)
- Bleomycin B2
- Bleomycin Sulfate
- Bleomycinum Mack
- Bléomycine Bellon
- BLEO cell
- BLEOcell
- Bellon, Bléomycine
- Mack, Bleomycinum
- Sulfate, Bleomycin
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26 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
a glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotic
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History Note
96; was BLEOMYCINS 1981-95, was BLEOMYCIN 1972-80 (Prov 1972-73)
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Previous Indexing
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (1967-1970)
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QV 269
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bleomycin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001761. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001761
- Bleomycin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleomycin
- Bleomycin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q415571