"Tyrothricin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polypeptide antibiotic mixture obtained from Bacillus brevis. It consists of a mixture of three tyrocidines (60%) and several gramicidins (20%) and is very toxic to blood, liver, kidneys, meninges, and the olfactory apparatus. It is used topically.
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D014449
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.850 D12.644.641.850
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The effects of the antibiotics gramicidin A, amphotericin B, and nystatin on the electrical properties of frog skeletal muscle. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1973 Mar 29; 298(3):718-23.