mitomycin C

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mitomycin, mitomycin C

a group of highly toxic antineoplastics (mitomycin A, B and C) produced by Streptomyces caespitosus, indicated for palliative treatment of certain neoplasms that do not respond to surgery, radiation and other drugs.

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Anal Cancer antibiotic anticancer agent Anticancer Drugs antineoplastic antineoplastic antibiotic bladder cancer FAM intravesicular therapy M mitomycin mixed mixed infection mixed tumor Mutamycin Navelbine non-small cell carcinoma of lung occult primary malignancy Oncovin ovary			The HCSE inhibited the genotoxicities of furylfuramide, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, methyl methanesulfonate, mitomycin C, 2-aminoanthracene and aflatoxin B1 at a concentration of 1 mg/ml or more. Antioxidative and antigenotoxic effects of Japanese horse chestnut ... by Life Extension The drug called MMC - mitomycin C - is used mainly against bladder and bowel tumours and is activated by natural human enzymes, but its use is limited by severe side effects at high doses. Food extract can boost cancer drug by The Mirror (London, England) Since the report by Iyer and Szybalski (1964), the requirement for redox biotransformation of mitomycin C (MMC) has been well recognized in pharmacology, because MMC must be activated by a series of redox reactions leading to semiquinone derivatives coupled with ROS formation (Dusre et al. Oxidative stress-related mechanisms are associated with xenobiotics ... by Bagchi, Debasis / Environmental Health Perspectives			MITI-1 MITI-2 miticide mitigate mitigation mitis mitleiden Mitmachen mito- Mitochondia mitochondria mitochondrial mitochondrial disease Mitochondrial Eve mitochondrial inheritance mitochondrion mitogen mitogenesia mitogenesis mitogenetic mitogenetic radiation mitogenic factor mitogenic radiation mitome mitomycin mitomycin C mitosis mitotane mitotic mitotic activity mitotic activity index mitotic figure mitotic index mitotic rate mitotic spindle mitoxantrone mitoxantrone hydrochloride mitozantrone Mitraflex mitral mitral atresia mitral cell mitral commissurotomy Mitral Face mitral gradient mitral insufficiency mitral murmur mitral orifice mitral regurgitation mitral ring calcification mitral stenosis			Mitogen-and Stress-activated protein Kinases Mitogen-Induced Lymphocyte Proliferation Mitogen-Induced Nuclear Orphan Receptor mitogenesia mitogenesis mitogenesis mitogenesis mitogenetic mitogenetic radiation Mitogenetic Rays mitogenic mitogenic mitogenic Mitogenic Bovine Whey Extract mitogenic factor mitogenic radiation Mitogenically Active Staphylococcus Aureus Metabolite mitogenicity mitogenicity mitogenicity Mitogens Mitogens Mitogens MITOL Mitomania Mitome Mitome mitomycin mitomycin mitomycin mitomycin C Mitomycins Mitomycins Mitomycins mitoplast MITOR mitoses mitoses mitoses mitosis mitosis mitosis Mitosis modulators Mitosis modulators Mitosis modulators Mitosis phase Mitosis phase Mitosis phase Mitospore Mitospore Mitospore Mitosporic Mitosporic Mitosporic Mitosporic fungi Mitosporic fungi Mitosporic fungi Mitosporic fungus Mitosporic fungus Mitosporic fungus Mitotan

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