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orthosomycins

orthosomycins is the plural of orthosomycin.

Meaning of orthosomycin

Noun

orthosomycin (plural orthosomycins)

  1. Any of a group of antibiotics that have orthoester linkages with a carbohydrate.
    • A new family of antibiotics, the orthosomycins, which contain in their structures one or more orthoester linkages associated with carbohydrate residues, is described. Examples of orthosomycin antibiotics include flambamycin, the everninomicins -B, -C, -D and -2, hygromycin B, the destomycins -A, -B...1979, Derek E.Wright, The orthosomycins, a new family of antibiotics^(https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-4020(79)80046-0)

Questions about orthosomycins

What is orthosomycins the plural of?
Orthosomycins is the plural of orthosomycin.

Words near orthosomycins in the dictionary

  1. orthoslices
  2. orthosocial
  3. orthosomatic
  4. orthosomnia
  5. orthosomycin
  6. orthosomycins
  7. orthospermous
  8. orthosporin
  9. orthostasis
  10. orthostat
  11. orthostate

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