clavatin Biochem.
(ˈklævətɪn)
[f. as clavacin + -in1.]
= clavacin.
| 1943 F. Bergel et al. in Nature 25 Dec. 750/1 An Antibacterial Substance from Aspergillus clavatus and Penicillium claviforme... Whereas Waksman called his crude active principle ‘clavacin’, we have adopted the name ‘clavatin’... Analysis and molecular weight determinations indicate an empirical formula C7H6O4 for clavatin. 1953 J. Ramsbottom Mushr. & Toadstools xxiii. 291 A much-named substance—patulin, clavicin, clavatin, claviformin, expansin—which is produced by several moulds. |