English Explanatory Dictionary

helvolic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.

Word forms

helvolic acid

Etymology

Coined by Chain et al. in 1944, in reference to the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, mut. helvola Yuill. The epithet helvola is a feminine diminutive of Latin helvus (“honey-yellow”). By surface analysis, Latin helvus + -ole + -ic.

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