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Tetracene vs Tetracycline - What's the difference?

tetracene | tetracycline |

As nouns the difference between tetracene and tetracycline

is that tetracene is (organic compound) a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing four fused rings, isomeric with tetraphene; any derivative of this compound while tetracycline is an antibiotic produced by the streptomyces bacterium.

tetracene

English

(wikipedia tetracene)

Noun

  • (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing four fused rings, isomeric with tetraphene; any derivative of this compound

    • tetracycline

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tetracycline) (en noun)
  • An antibiotic produced by the Streptomyces bacterium.
  • Any antibiotic with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.