Antimycin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  antimycin \an`ti*my"cin\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*m[imac]"s[i^]n), n.
     1. one of several antibiotic substances produced by several
        species of {Streptomyces}, active against various fungi.
        They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The
        two best-known antimycins are antimycin A1 ({C28H40N2O9})
        and antimycin A3 ({C26H36N2O9}). They are notable for


        their mechanism of action, interference with the proton
        pumping mechanism of fungi.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antimycin
       n : a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi