Virginiamycin

"Virginiamycin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A cyclic polypeptide antibiotic complex from Streptomyces virginiae, S. loidensis, S. mitakaensis, S. pristina-spiralis, S. ostreogriseus, and others. It consists of 2 major components, VIRGINIAMYCIN FACTOR M1 and virginiamycin Factor S1. It is used to treat infections with gram-positive organisms and as a growth promoter in cattle, swine, and poultry.

Descriptor ID	D014769
MeSH Number(s)	D04.345.566.802.875 D12.644.641.802.875
Concept/Terms	Virginiamycin Virginiamycin Virgimycine Eskalin Eskalin Stajac Stajac Staphylomycin Staphylomycin Antibiotic 899 Antibiotic 899 Founderguard Founderguard

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Virginiamycin".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Macrocyclic Compounds [D04.345]
Peptides, Cyclic [D04.345.566]
Streptogramins [D04.345.566.802]
Virginiamycin [D04.345.566.802.875]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptides, Cyclic [D12.644.641]
Streptogramins [D12.644.641.802]
Virginiamycin [D12.644.641.802.875]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Virginiamycin".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Virginiamycin".

Virginiamycin
Streptogramin A

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