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nystatin


n.

An antifungal antibiotic, extracted from fermentation broths of the soil actinomycete Streptomyces noursei and other actinomycetes; called also fungicidin . It is a polyene macrolide antibiotic, and consists of several related components. Component nystatin A 1 has formula C47H75NO17 .


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