Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic synthetically derived from oxytetracycline. It is a semi-synthetic tetracycline. Doxycycline penetrates the bacterial cell and interferes with the protein biosynthesis, stopping the process. Other microorganisms are also sensitive to the antibiotic activity of Doxycycline,...

Doxycycline is a synthetic teracycline. Inhibits angiogenesis in a quantitative in vitro assay of angiogenesis. Inhibits proliferation of the human leukemia cell line K562. It reduces lung metastases by inhibiting the secretion and acitivity of marrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).