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Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycopeptides > Ristocetin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Glycopeptides > Ristocetin

Preferred term

Ristocetin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ristomycin

Scope note

  • An antibiotic mixture of two components, A and B, obtained from Nocardia lurida (or the same substance produced by any other means). It is no longer used clinically because of its toxicity. It causes platelet agglutination and blood coagulation and is used to assay those functions in vitro.

History note

  • RISTOMYCIN was heading 1965-93 (Prov 1965-72)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012310

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