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clavacin

[klav-uh-sin]

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. patulin.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clavacin1

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.�

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

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