terms |
ansamycin |
As nouns the difference between terms and ansamycin
is that
terms is while
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.
ansamycin |
annamycin |
As nouns the difference between ansamycin and annamycin
is that
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects while
annamycin is an anthracycline antibiotic with potential uses in treating cancer.
ansamycin |
geldanamycin |
As nouns the difference between ansamycin and geldanamycin
is that
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects while
geldanamycin is (medicine) a particular benzoquinone ansamycin antibiotic.
streptovaricin |
ansamycin |
Hyponyms |
Streptovaricin is a hyponym of ansamycin.
As nouns the difference between streptovaricin and ansamycin
is that
streptovaricin is any of a group of structurally-related macrolide antibiotics of the ansamycin class while
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.
antiviral |
ansamycin |
As an adjective antiviral
is (medicine) inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus.
As a noun ansamycin is
(biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.
antimicrobial |
ansamycin |
As nouns the difference between antimicrobial and ansamycin
is that
antimicrobial is an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action while
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.
As an adjective antimicrobial
is tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.
ansamycin |
rifamycin |
As nouns the difference between ansamycin and rifamycin
is that
ansamycin is (biochemistry) any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects while
rifamycin is any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium
amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.