Etymology

wortmannin

W4O1R1T1M3A1N1N1I1N1

Today it means: A furanosteroid metabolite of the fungus Penicillium funiculosum; it is an inhibitor of some kinases Full definition →

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The story

From taxonomic name wortmannii + -in, after Talaromyces wortmannii.

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