Chemicals and Drugs

Gramicidin

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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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

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gramicidin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006096. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006096
  2. Gramicidin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramicidin
  3. Gramicidin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418980