Terramycin

Japanese: terramycin
Terramycin

...It has antibacterial properties against a wide range of bacteria. It was discovered that aureomycin, discovered by B.M. Dugger et al. in 1948, and terramycin, reported by A.C. Finlay et al. in 1950, shared a common chemical structure with four ring structures, and the name tetracycline was given to the common core. Aureomycin became a trade name, and its generic name was chlortetracycline, as was terramycin, whose generic name came to be oxytetracycline.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "terramycin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広範囲の細菌に対して抗菌力を示す。1948年ダガーB.M.Duggerらによって発見されたオーレオマイシンaureomycinと,50年にフィンレーA.C.Finlayらによって報告されたテラマイシンterramycinとが環状構造が四つ並んだ共通の化学構造をもつことが明らかになり,共通の母核にテトラサイクリンの名が与えられた。オーレオマイシンは商品名となり,一般名はクロルテトラサイクリンとされ,テラマイシンも同様で一般名はオキシテトラサイクリンと呼ばれるようになった。…

※「terramycin」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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