claviforminn.
/klavɪˈfɔːmɪn/ Biochemistry.
A crystalline antibiotic produced from several fungi; spec. that obtained from Penicillium claviforme, chemically identical with clavacin n.
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claviformin1942
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1942 E. Chain et al. in Brit. Jrnl. Exp. Path. XXIII. 205 A crystalline substance which inhibits the growth of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms has been isolated from the metabolic products of Penicillium claviforme... The name claviformin is proposed for it.
1953 J. Ramsbottom Mushrooms & Toadstools xxiii. 291 A much-named substance—patulin, clavicin, clavatin, claviformin, expansin—which is produced by several moulds.
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