nojirimycin

English

Etymology

From Japanese 野尻 (Nojiri) +‎ -mycin, first produced by a species of Streptomyces actinobacterium isolated from soil in Lake Nojiri in Japan.

Noun

nojirimycin (countable and uncountable, plural nojirimycins)

  1. An antibiotic, produced by some strains of Streptomyces, that inhibits glucosidases.

Derived terms

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