Meanings
nounwortmannin (uncountable)
- uncountableA furanosteroid metabolite of the fungus Penicillium funiculosum; it is an inhibitor of some kinases
Origin
From taxonomic name wortmannii + -in, after Talaromyces wortmannii.
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