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chaetocin

chaetocin noun: a fungal metabolite, having a 3,6-epidithio-diketopiperazine structure, that has antimicrobial and cytostatic activity.

Noun

chaetocin (uncountable)

  1. A fungal metabolite, having a 3,6-epidithio-diketopiperazine structure, that has antimicrobial and cytostatic activity.

Forms of chaetocin

alternative formchetocin

Questions about chaetocin

What does chaetocin mean?
Chaetocin means a fungal metabolite, having a 3,6-epidithio-diketopiperazine structure, that has antimicrobial and cytostatic activity.
What part of speech is chaetocin?
Chaetocin is a noun.

Words near chaetocin in the dictionary

  1. chaeto-
  2. chaetoblast
  3. chaetoblasts
  4. chaetocerotacean
  5. chaetocerotaceans
  6. chaetocin
  7. chaetodermatid
  8. chaetodermatids
  9. chaetodon
  10. chaetodons
  11. chaetodont

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