achromycin Pharm.
(ækrəʊˈmaɪsɪn)
[f. Gr. ἄχρο-ος (see achroous a.), from an absence of pigmentation + -mycin.]
† a. = puromycin. Obs. rare.
| 1952 J. N. Porter et al. in Antibiotics & Chemotherapy II. 409 A new species of actinomycete, Streptomyces albo-niger, was obtained which was capable of producing a hitherto undescribed antibiotic, possessing..activity against certain bacteria..Trypanosoma as well. Because the antibiotic is devoid of pigment in the crystalline state, it has been given the name Achromycin. |
b. (Properly with capital initial.) A proprietary name for the antibiotic tetracycline.
| 1952 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 Sept. 922/2 American Cyanamid Company, New York... Achromycin. For antibiotic. 1953 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Sept. 876/2 Achromycin... Antibiotics and antibiotic preparations, all being pharmaceutical preparations. American Cyanamid Company. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xiv. 145 Tetracycline (achromycin),..and Neomycin are ‘broad-spectrum’ antibiotics with a considerable antibacterial action. 1976 P. Parish Medicines ii. xlii. 265 Since the fifties numerous tetracyclines have been produced and tested but only a few have proved to be of value. These include..tetracycline (Achromycin [etc.]). 1981 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India B. LI. 38 Datta..shows that achromycin and aureofungin enhanced seed germination of black mustard only at 1 ppm, other concentrations being inhibitory. |