Gramicidin

"Gramicidin" 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.

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A group of peptide antibiotics from BACILLUS brevis. Gramicidin C or S is a cyclic, ten-amino acid polypeptide and gramicidins A, B, D are linear. Gramicidin is one of the two principal components of TYROTHRICIN which is used topically for gram-positive organisms. It is toxic to blood, liver, kidneys, meninges, and the olfactory apparatus.

Descriptor ID	D006096
MeSH Number(s)	D04.345.566.850.300 D12.644.641.850.300 D12.644.905.300 D12.776.543.695.221
Concept/Terms	Gramicidin Gramicidin Gramicidins Gramicidin K Gramicidin K Gramicidin NF Gramicidin NF Gramicidin P Gramicidin P Gramicidin S Gramicidin S Gramicidin C Gramicidin C Gramicidin J Gramicidin J Gramicidin A(1) Gramicidin A(1) Gramoderm Gramoderm Linear Gramicidin Linear Gramicidin Gramicidin, Linear Gramicidin D Gramicidin Dubos Gramicidin B Gramicidin B Gramicidin A Gramicidin A

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

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Macrocyclic Compounds [D04.345]
Peptides, Cyclic [D04.345.566]
Tyrothricin [D04.345.566.850]
Gramicidin [D04.345.566.850.300]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptides, Cyclic [D12.644.641]
Tyrothricin [D12.644.641.850]
Gramicidin [D12.644.641.850.300]
Tyrothricin [D12.644.905]
Gramicidin [D12.644.905.300]
Proteins [D12.776]
Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins [D12.776.543.695]
Gramicidin [D12.776.543.695.221]

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