Drug Summary


  Drug name:  streptozocin
  Chemical name:  Streptozotocin
  Formula:  C8H15N3O7  Weight:   265.2206
  CAS no:  18883-66-4
  DrugBank link:  DB00428
  Description:  An antibiotic that is produced by Stretomyces achromogenes. It is used as an antineoplastic agent and to induce diabetes in experimental animals. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of malignant neoplasms of pancreas (metastatic islet cell carcinoma).