Tyrocidine
"Tyrocidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antibiotic mixture produced by Bacillus brevis which may be separated into three components, tyrocidines A, B, and C. It is the major constituent (40-60 per cent) of tyrothricin, gramicidin accounting for the remaining 10-20 per cent active material. It is a topical antimicrobial agent, that is very toxic parenterally.
| Descriptor ID |
D014440
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.850.920 D12.644.641.850.920 D12.644.905.920
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