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cyanocycline

cyanocycline noun: any of a class of antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, composed of a tetrahydroisoquinoline residue fused to a diazabicyclic core, that has antitumour activity.

Noun

cyanocycline (uncountable)

  1. Any of a class of antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, composed of a tetrahydroisoquinoline residue fused to a diazabicyclic core, that has antitumour activity

Questions about cyanocycline

What does cyanocycline mean?
Cyanocycline means any of a class of antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, composed of a tetrahydroisoquinoline residue fused to a diazabicyclic core, that has antitumour activity.
What part of speech is cyanocycline?
Cyanocycline is a noun.

Words near cyanocycline in the dictionary

  1. cyanocobalamins
  2. cyanocobalmin
  3. cyanocobolamin
  4. cyanocuprate
  5. cyanocuprates
  6. cyanocycline
  7. cyanodiacetylene
  8. cyanoethoxy
  9. cyanoethyl
  10. cyanoethylate
  11. cyanoethylated

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