| A mixture of the sulfate salts of basic glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotics isolated from the fungus streptomyces verticillus. bleomycin sulfate forms complexes with iron that reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide and hydroxyl radicals which cause single- and double-stranded breaks in DNA -- these reactive oxygen species also induce lipid peroxidation, carbohydrate oxidation, and alterations in prostaglandin synthesis and degradation. (NCI04) Bleomycin Sulphate is from the group Bleomycin Antibiotic
Other Names for Bleomycin Sulphate
Bleomycin Sulfate
Bleomycin SULFATE
Blanoxan
BleMomycine
Blenoxane
Bleo-S
Bleo-cell
Bleocin
Bleolem
Bleomycin Sulfas
Bleomycin Sulphate
Bleomycin sulfate
Bleomycini Sulfas
Blexane
Oil Bleo
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