chaetocin

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noun

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

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounchaetocin (uncountable)

alternative chetocin

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