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viridin Pharm.|ˈvɪrɪdɪn| [f. L. virid-us virid a., specific epithet + -in1.] A crystalline antibiotic with antifungal properties, C20H16O6, derived from the mould Trichoderma viride.
1945Brian & McGowan in Nature 4 Aug. 144/2 We have recently found a number of strains which produce another substance, which we propose to name ‘viridin’, characterized by remarkably high fungistatic activity. 1970Nature 18 July 300/2 T. viride may retard the development of other fungi by producing the antibiotics gliotoxin or viridin, although attempts to demonstrate this with plate cultures have been unsuccessful. 1978T. Korzybski et al. Antibiotics III. ii. 1970 Viridin is inactive against staphylococci, colon bacilli, and typhoid bacilli in concentrations up to 100µg/ml. |