helvolic acid

noun

An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.

OriginLatin helvus →
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Meanings

nounhelvolic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.

Origin

  1. Latinhelvus“honey-yellow”
  2. Englishhelvolic acid

Coined by Chain et al. in 1944, in reference to the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, mut. helvola Yuill. The epithet helvola is a feminine diminutive of Latin helvus (“honey-yellow”). By surface analysis, Latin helvus + -ole + -ic.

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