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Abstract
A group of peptide antibiotics from BACILLUS brevis. Gramicidin C or S is a cyclic, ten-amino acid polypeptide and gramicidins A, B, D are linear. Gramicidin is one of the two principal components of TYROTHRICIN.
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Synonyms
15 entry terms
- Gramicidins
- Gramicidin A
- Gramicidin A(1)
- Gramicidin B
- Gramicidin C
- Gramicidin D
- Gramicidin Dubos
- Gramicidin J
- Gramicidin K
- Gramicidin NF
- Gramicidin P
- Gramicidin S
- Gramoderm
- Linear Gramicidin
- Gramicidin, Linear
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26 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
96; was GRAMICIDINS 1963-95 (see under TYROTHRICIN 1963-73)
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QV 350
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gramicidin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006096. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006096
- Gramicidin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramicidin
- Gramicidin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418980