Calicheamicins [kalicheamiciny]

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kalicheamicin

 

Calicheamicin

Definition

Enediyne aminoglycosides derived from the bacterium MICROMONOSPORA ECHINOSPORA that are used as antineoplastic antibiotics. They bind to DNA in both healthy and tumor cells, resulting in strand scission and cell death.

DUI
D000080084 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000646417
Previous indexing
Aminoglycosides (1989-2019); Enediynes (2007-2019)
History note
2020
Public note
2020

D Chemicals and Drugs
D02.455 Hydrocarbons 139
D02.455.326.271 Alkenes 39
D02.455.326.271.244 Enediynes
D02.455.326.271.244.250 Calicheamicins 1
D02.455.326.271.244.500 Zinostatin 3
D02.455.326.397 Alkynes 26
D02.455.326.397.680 Polyynes 3
D02.455.326.397.680.500 Diynes 4
D02.455.326.397.680.500.500 Enediynes
D02.455.326.397.680.500.500.250 Calicheamicins 1
D02.455.326.397.680.500.500.500 Zinostatin 3
D09.408 Glycosides 235
D09.408.051 Aminoglycosides 125
D09.408.051.059 Anthracyclines 351
D09.408.051.120 Butirosin Sulfate
D09.408.051.247 Calicheamicins 1
D09.408.051.247.500 Gemtuzumab 16
D09.408.051.247.750 Inotuzumab Ozogamicin 12
D09.408.051.374 Gentamicins 325
D09.408.051.420 Hygromycin B 6
D09.408.051.476 Kanamycin 63
D09.408.051.545 Metrizamide 2
D09.408.051.623 Neomycin 116
D09.408.051.706 Paromomycin 15
D09.408.051.788 Puromycin 11
D09.408.051.836 Spectinomycin 9
D09.408.051.885 Streptomycin 210
D09.408.051.892 Streptothricins 2
D09.408.051.900 Streptozocin 117