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a mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections
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Tyrothricin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Tyrothricin Summenf … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tyrothricin — Ty|ro|thri|cin [nlat. Tyrothrix, eine Art sporenbildender Bakterien (griech. tyrós = Käse u. thríx = Haar); ↑ in (3)], das; s, e: Freiname für ein haupts. gegen grampositive Bakterien wirksames Antibiotikagemisch aus Tyrocidinen u. Gramicidinen.… … Universal-Lexikon
Tyrothricin — drugbox IUPAC name = CAS number = 1404 88 2 ATC prefix = D06 ATC suffix = AX08 ATC supplemental = ATC|R02|AB02 ATC|S01|AA05 PubChem = DrugBank = chemical formula = molecular weight = bioavailability = protein bound = metabolism = elimination half … Wikipedia
tyrothricin — noun Etymology: New Latin Tyrothoric , Tyrothrix, genus name formerly applied to various bacteria Date: 1940 an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram positive bacteria … New Collegiate Dictionary
tyrothricin — ty·ro·thri·cin (tī rō thrīʹsĭn) n. A gray brown mixture consisting mainly of tryocidine and gramicidin, used as a topical antibiotic in treating infections caused by gram positive bacteria. [New Latin Tȳrothrix, former bacteria genus name… … Universalium
tyrothricin — An antibacterial mixture obtained from peptone cultures of Bacillus brevis; bactericidal and bacteriostatic, and active against Gram positive bacteria. It yields the crystalline antibacterial agents gramicidin and tyrocidin; the grami … Medical dictionary
tyrothricin — n. antibiotic medication extracted from certain soil bacteria and mostly used externally (Pharmacology) … English contemporary dictionary
tyrothricin — ty·ro·thricin … English syllables
tyrothricin — noun a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram positive bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑antibiotic, ↑antibiotic drug • Substance Meronyms: ↑tyrocidine, ↑tyrocidin … Useful english dictionary
Tyrocidine — chembox new ImageFile= Tyrocidine.png ImageSize= 300px IUPACName= 3 ((3S,6R,9S,12S,15S,18S,21S,24S,27R,32aS) 9 (2 amino 2 oxoethyl) 21 (3 aminopropyl) 3,6,27 tribenzyl 15 (4 hydroxybenzyl) 24 isobutyl 18 isopropyl 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28… … Wikipedia
