Chemistry:Angucycline

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Short description: Class of antibiotics
Chemical structure of saquayamycin A

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.

See also

  • Anthracyclines

References

  1. ↑ Rohr, J.; Thiericke, R. (1992). "Angucycline group antibiotics". Natural Product Reports 9 (2): 103–37. doi:10.1039/NP9920900103. PMID 1620493. 




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