Orthosomycin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Orthosomycin is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any of a group of antibiotics that have orthoester linkages with a carbohydrate.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of antibiotics that have orthoester linkages with a carbohydrate.
Example Sentences
A new family of antibiotics, the orthosomycins, which contain in their structures one or more orthoester linkages associated with carbohydrate residues, is described. Examples of orthosomycin antibiotics include flambamycin, the everninomicins -B, -C, -D and -2, hygromycin B, the destomycins -A, -B and -C, the antibiotics SS-56-C, A-396-I and, more recently, the avilamycins -A and -C.
Word Forms
- orthosomycins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orthosporin, sorbicillinoid, oxoerythromycin, orthobenzoate, oligoglycoside, erythronolide.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.