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Antifungal vs Parietin - What's the difference?

antifungal | parietin |

As nouns the difference between antifungal and parietin

is that antifungal is (medicine) a drug that inhibits the growth of fungi while parietin is the predominant cortical pigment of some lichens, also found in roots of curled dock (rumex crispus ), having an orange-yellow colour and antifungal properties.

As an adjective antifungal

is that inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.

antifungal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic

    • Derived terms

    * antifungally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi

    • parietin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia parietin)
  • The predominant cortical pigment of some lichens, also found in roots of curled dock (Rumex crispus ), having an orange-yellow colour and antifungal properties.

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