Colistin
"Colistin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.
| Descriptor ID |
D003091
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.780.110 D10.477.750.110 D12.644.050.600.110 D12.644.641.780.110 D12.776.543.695.054.600.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Colistin- Colistin
- Colisticin
- Polymyxin E
- Colimycin
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