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Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Polyketides > Macrolides > Mepartricin
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Polyketides > Macrolides > Mepartricin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkenes > Polyenes > Mepartricin

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Mepartricin  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Methyl Partricin
  • Methylpartricin

Scope note

  • Polyene macrolide antibiotic with unknown composition. It is obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens. It is used as an antifungal agent, an antiprotozoal agent, and in the treatment of BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY.

History note

  • 91(81); was see under POLYENES 1981-90; was METHYL PARTRICIN see under POLYENES 1976-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008613

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