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Chromomycin A3
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Definition
: Glycosidic antibiotic from Streptomyces griseus used as a fluorescent stain of DNA and as an antineoplastic agent.
Pharmacological Action
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
;
Fluorescent Dyes
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Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Other names
Toyomycin; Toyomicin
Substance
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Drugs
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dechromose-
A chrommycin A3
120381-88-6
Chromomycin A3/*analogs & derivatives.
Prog Clin Biol Res 1989;289:217