doxorubicin

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Etymology

From d(e)ox(y)- +‎ -o- +‎ -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).

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doxorubicin (countable and uncountable, plural doxorubicins)

  1. (pharmacology) An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C27H29NO11·HCl in chemotherapy.
    • 2020 September 11, Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D, “What are the Recent Applications of Nanobullets?”, in AZO Nano‎[1]:
      A nanobullet comprising of multifunctional Janus nanocomposites (a head of magnetic Fe3O4 and a body of mesoporous SiO2 containing doxorubicin) is reported to be a safe and efficient treatment for liver cancer.

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