clavacin

American

[klav-uh-sin] / ˈklæv ə sɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

patulin.

Etymology

Origin of clavacin

1942; < New Latin clava ( tus ) short for Aspergillus clavatus, species of fungus found to produce the substance ( clavate ) + -cin, as in actinomycin

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Already about 20 substances with such fancy names as clavacin, gliotoxin, patulin have been isolated from bacteria and molds, tested, discarded as either too weak or poisonous.�

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He has cured some plant diseases with clavacin but has yet to make tests on animals.

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