Streptozotocin Definition

strĕptə-zŏtə-sĭn
noun
An antibiotic, C8 H15 N3 O7 , produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces achromogenes) , used primarily to treat pancreatic tumors affecting the Islets of Langerhans.
American Heritage Medicine

A naturally-occurring chemical that is particularly toxic to the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas in mammals, used to treat certain cancers.

Wiktionary

Origin of Streptozotocin

  • streptozōticus epithet of the subspecies from which the antibiotic was isolated (strepto–) (Greek zōtikos maintaining life, pertaining to life gwei- in Indo-European roots) –(my)cin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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