combretastatin

English

Noun

combretastatin (countable and uncountable, plural combretastatins)

  1. A dihydrostilbenoid found in Combretum caffrum.
    • 2015 July 15, Jeremy J. Drees et al., “Vasculature Disruption Enhances Bacterial Targeting of Autochthonous Tumors”, in Journal of Cancer‎, volume 6, DOI:10.7150/jca.12491:
      Because combretastatin A-4 causes hemorrhagic necrosis by breaking down the epithelial wall of immature vasculature in tumors 24, we tested its ability to enhance colonization of autochthonous tumors by IV administered S.
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