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Antimicrobial vs Manzamine - What's the difference?

antimicrobial | manzamine |

As nouns the difference between antimicrobial and manzamine

is that antimicrobial is an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action while manzamine is (organic compound) any of several polycyclic alkaloids, obtained from several species of sea sponge, that exhibit antimicrobial and antileukemic activity.

As an adjective antimicrobial

is tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.

antimicrobial

English

Alternative forms

* anti-microbial

Adjective

(-)
  • tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
  • inhibiting the growth of microbes
  • preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes

    • Synonyms

    * antimicrobic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action

    • manzamine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several polycyclic alkaloids, obtained from several species of sea sponge, that exhibit antimicrobial and antileukemic activity

    • Hyponyms

    * kauluamine