Antibiotic
carubicin
Subclass of:
Daunorubicin
Definitions related to carubicin:
  • A very toxic anthracycline-type antineoplastic related to DAUNORUBICIN, obtained from Actinomadura carminata.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • An anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Actinomadura carminata. Carubicin intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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