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Antitumor vs Saframycin - What's the difference?

antitumor | saframycin |

As nouns the difference between antitumor and saframycin

is that antitumor is any substance that inhibits tumors while saframycin is any of a family of antitumor antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces lavendulae, that have a complex, polycyclic structure.

As an adjective antitumor

is inhibiting the development of a tumor.

antitumor

English

Alternative forms

* antitumour

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inhibiting the development of a tumor.

    • Synonyms

    * antineoplastic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance that inhibits tumors.
  • * 2009 , Jacques Royer, Asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles (page 3)
    • Aziridines are present as structural motifs in a variety of strongly biologically active compounds such as azinomycins A and B

    saframycin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any of a family of antitumor antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces lavendulae , that have a complex, polycyclic structure