nebularine

nebularine
A toxic nucleoside isolated from the mushroom Agaricus nebularis and from Streptomyces sp. SYN: 9-β-ribofuranosylpurine, purine ribonucleoside, ribosylpurine.

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neb·u·lar·ine (neb-u-larґin) an antibiotic substance isolated from the juice of the fungus Clitocybe nebularis, which has tuberculostatic and antimitotic activity, and in high dilutions preferentially inhibits growth of some cancer cells.

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  • ANTIBIOTIQUES — Selon la définition donnée par S. A. Waksman, en 1941, un antibiotique est une substance produite par un micro organisme et qui a le pouvoir d’inhiber la croissance d’autres micro organismes en solution diluée et même de les détruire. L’antibiose …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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