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bongkrekic acid (medicine)


bongkrekic acid
<chemical> An antibiotic produced by pseudomonas cocovenenans. It inhibits adenine nucleotide efflux from mitochondria by enhancing membrane binding.

Pharmacological action: antibiotics.

Chemical name: 2,4,8,10,14,18,20-Docosaheptaenedioic acid, 20-(carboxymethyl)-6-methoxy-2,5,17-trimethyl-, (R-(R*,S*-(E,Z,Z,E,E,Z,E)))-


spirula (iou)



spirula noun. rare exc. as mod. Latin genus name. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), dim. of Latin spira SPIRE noun3.]
Zoology. (The shell of) a cephalopod of the genus Spirula having a white flat open spiral shell embedded in the body.