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Other names | Bleomycin A5 |
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Routes of administration | intravenous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, intratumoral |
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Metabolism | amidase |
Elimination half-life | 1.3 hours |
Excretion | renal (25-50%) |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.221 |
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Formula | C57H89N19O21S2 |
Molar mass | 1440.57 g·mol−1 |
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Pingyangmycin (also known as bleomycin A5) is an antitumor glycopeptide antibiotic belonging to the bleomycin family, which is produced by Streptomyces verticillus var. pingyangensis n.sp., a variety of Streptomyces verticillus. It was discovered in 1969 at Pingyang County of Zhejiang Province in China, and was brought into clinical use in 1978.[1]
In China, pingyangmycin has largely superseded bleomycin A2 (commonly known as "bleomycin"), since according to Chinese sources it is more effective, costs less, is easier to get, can treat a larger variety of cancers (such as breast cancer and liver cancer) and causes less lung injury.[2][3] Though pingyangmycin and bleomycin can each cause pulmonary fibrosis, pingyangmycin's most serious side effect - which it does not share with bleomycin - is anaphylactic shock, which is rare, but may happen even in a low dose, and can be fatal.[4] In addition, it causes a higher incidence of fever than bleomycin; the occurrence of this complication in patients is between 20 and 50%.