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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

amphotericin

· IPA /ˌæm.fəˈtɛɹ.ɪs.ɪn/
01 n. an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of Streptomyces nodosus. It is one of a class of polyene macrolide a…
  1. 1.
    an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of Streptomyces nodosus. It is one of a class of polyene macrolide antibiotics effective against fungal infections. It has a molecular weight of 924.11; it is soluble in oganic solvents but only slightly soluble in water.
Syn. Fungizone.