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achromycin Pharm.|ækrəʊˈmaɪsɪn|
[f. Gr. ἄχρο-ος (see achroous a.), from an absence of pigmentation + -mycin.]
†a. = puromycin. Obs. rare.
1952J. N. Porter et al. in Antibiotics & Chemotherapy II. 409 A new species of actinomycete, Streptomyces albo-niger, was obtained which was capable of producing a hitherto undescribed antibiotic, possessing..activity against certain bacteria..Trypanosoma as well. Because the antibiotic is devoid of pigment in the crystalline state, it has been given the name Achromycin.
b. (Properly with capital initial.) A proprietary name for the antibiotic tetracycline.
1952Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 Sept. 922/2 American Cyanamid Company, New York... Achromycin. For antibiotic. 1953Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Sept. 876/2 Achromycin... Antibiotics and antibiotic preparations, all being pharmaceutical preparations. American Cyanamid Company. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xiv. 145 Tetracycline (achromycin),..and Neomycin are ‘broad-spectrum’ antibiotics with a considerable antibacterial action. 1976P. Parish Medicines ii. xlii. 265 Since the fifties numerous tetracyclines have been produced and tested but only a few have proved to be of value. These include..tetracycline (Achromycin [etc.]). 1981Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India B. LI. 38 Datta..shows that achromycin and aureofungin enhanced seed germination of black mustard only at 1 ppm, other concentrations being inhibitory. |