monensin

monensin
/moh nen"sin/, n. Biochem.
a complex derivative of butyric acid, C36H62O11, produced by the bacterium Streptomyces cinnamonensis and used as an antibiotic in animals.
[1967; < NL (cinna)monens(is) specific epithet of the bacterium (see CINNAMON, -ENSIS; so called from the color of the aerial mycelium) + -IN2]

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