filipin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.

Word forms

filipin

Etymology

filipinensis + -in

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