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Colistin sulfate

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-012702

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. (Medical Dictionary Online)

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-012702
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymspolymixin E sulfate
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "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. (Medical Dictionary Online)",
  "synonyms": [
    "polymixin E sulfate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/colistin-sulfate/"
}

Record 5,090 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.