aureomycin

Noun

Meaning

a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases

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In the spring of 1952, the Pfizer team succeeded in ascertaining the structures of both Terramycin and Aureomycin. Source: Internet

Shortly thereafter, Lloyd Hillyard Conover discovered that another antibiotic, tetracycline, could be produced by the deschlorination of Aureomycin. Source: Internet

Prior to 1952, neither the molecular structure of Terramycin nor that of Aureomycin was known. Source: Internet

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