Chemicals and Drugs

Olivomycins

A mixture of several closely related glycosidic antibiotics obtained from Actinomyces (or Streptomyces) olivoreticuli. They are used as fluorescent dyes that bind to DNA and prevent both RNA and protein synthesis and are also used as antineoplastic agents.

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Abstract

A mixture of several closely related glycosidic antibiotics obtained from Actinomyces (or Streptomyces) olivoreticuli. They are used as fluorescent dyes that bind to DNA and prevent both RNA and protein synthesis and are also used as antineoplastic agents.

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  • Olivomycin

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, 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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History Note

81; was OLIVOMYCIN 1965-80 (Prov 1965-71)

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  1. D09w.408w.661

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Olivomycins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009848. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009848
  2. Olivomycins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76505600