Which antineoplastic drug is a peptide?
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Bleomycin This is a mixture of closely related glycopeptide antibiotics having potent antitumour activity. It chelates copper or iron, produces superoxide ions and intercalates between DNA strands-causes chain scission and inhibits repair . It is highly effective in testicular tumour and squamous cell carcinoma of skin, oral cavity, head and neck, genitourinary tract and esophagus; also useful in Hodgkin&;s lymphoma. Mucocutaneous toxicity and pulmonary fibrosis, but little myelosuppression are the special features. ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY K.D.TRIPATHI SIXTH EDITION PAGE NO:826,827