Meanings
adjectivemycolic (not comparable)
- not comparablechemistryOf or pertaining to a mycolic acid
EP-1-0 013 856 describes MDP analogues comprising dipeptides having a mycolic chain linked through a glycerol residue.
1993, Christopher Penney & Boulos Zacharie, European Patent EP0635026, "Novel lipophilic oligopeptides with immunomodulating activity"
Origin
Back-formation from mycolic acid, in turn from Mycolata.
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