(pharmacology) An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₁·HCl in chemotherapy.

plural of doxorubicin

(organic chemistry) A tetracenequinone polyketide that is a metabolite of doxorubicin

(organic chemistry) The quinone (8S,10S)-8-glycoloyl-6,8,10,11-tetrahydroxy-1-methoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5,12-tetracenedione that is a aglycone of doxorubicin