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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Bacterial > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Prodigiozan
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Bacterial Proteins > Antigens, Bacterial > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Prodigiozan
Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Polysaccharides, Bacterial > Prodigiozan

Preferred term

Prodigiozan  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Prodigiosan

Note

  • Do not confuse with PRODIGIOSIN, an antibiotic from same source

Scope note

  • A polysaccharide extracted from Serratia marcescens and other bacteria. It activates enzymatic activity of macrophages and stimulates phagocytic processes.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011354

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