CHEBI:48923 - erythromycin

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ChEBI Name erythromycin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:48923
Definition Any of several wide-spectrum macrolide antibiotics obtained from actinomycete Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly known as Streptomyces erythraeus).
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Role(s): bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
xenobiotic
A xenobiotic (Greek, xenos "foreign"; bios "life") is a compound that is foreign to a living organism. Principal xenobiotics include: drugs, carcinogens and various compounds that have been introduced into the environment by artificial means.
antimicrobial agent
A substance that kills or slows the growth of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans.
(via macrolide antibiotic )
Related Structures
erythromycin is a Structural Derivative of
erythronolide
erythromycin is a Conjugate Acid of
erythromycin cation
Definition : An organic cation obtained by protonation of any erythromycin.
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