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peplomycin A semisynthetic analog of Bleomycin, a mixture of several basic glycopeptide antineoplastic antibiotics isolated from the fungus Streptomyces verticillus. Peplomycin forms complexes with iron that reduce molecular oxygen to superoxide and hydroxyl radicals that cause single- and double-stranded breaks in DNA. This agent appears to show greater antitumor activity than bleomycin; its use is limited due to pulmonary toxicity. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Synonym: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509192523im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | pepleomycin | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509192523im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Abbreviation: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509192523im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | PEP | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509192523im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Chemical structure names: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509192523im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | - (S)-n1-[3-[(1-phenylethyl)amino]propyl]bleomycinamide
- n1-[3[[(S)-alpha-methylbenzyl]amino]propyl]bleomycinamide
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