In the 1950s, researchers at the Italian pharmaceutical company Farmitalia began systematically screening soil microbes for compounds with anticancer activity.
A soil sample collected near the medieval castle of Castel del Monte yielded a bacterium called Streptomyces peucetius, which produced a red pigment and showed strong activity against tumors in mice.
Adriamycin, inspired by the nearby Adriatic Sea. Later, the official generic name became doxorubicin.
Fun Fact
Doxorubicin is nicknamed Red Devil
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