Preferred Name

Colistin [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Colistin

Colisticin

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000006763

altLabel

Colistin

Polymyxin E

Colimycin

Colisticin

cui

C0009316

Ingredient of

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000020478

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000161072

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000022127

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000147787

MESH DEFINITION

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.

MESH DUI

D003091

MeSH name

Colistin

MESH UI

M0004767

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000006763

NUI

N0000006763

prefLabel

Colistin [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T195

T116

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007822

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