Porfiromycin
"Porfiromycin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Toxic antibiotic of the mitomycin group, obtained from MITOMYCIN and also from Streptomyces ardus and other species. It is proposed as an antineoplastic agent, with some antibiotic properties.
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D011160
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.806.400.249.700 D03.383.097.500.700 D03.633.100.473.412.249.700
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Siegel D, Beall H, Kasai M, Arai H, Gibson NW, Ross D. pH-dependent inactivation of DT-diaphorase by mitomycin C and porfiromycin. Mol Pharmacol. 1993 Dec; 44(6):1128-34.