Meaning of orthosomycin | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of a group of antibiotics that have orthoester linkages with a carbohydrate.

Examples

“A new family of antibiotics, the orthosomycins, which contain⟳ in their structures one or more orthoester linkages associated with carbohydrate residues, is described. Examples of orthosomycin antibiotics include⟳ flambamycin, the everninomicins -B, -C, -D and -2, hygromycin B, the destomycins -A, -B and -C, the antibiotics SS-56-C, A-396-I and, more recently, the avilamycins -A and -C.”

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