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MeSH Heading: Antimycin A
Tree Number(s): D02.540.576.500.750
Unique ID: D000968
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000968
Scope Note: An antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces species. It inhibits mitochondrial respiration and may deplete cellular levels of ATP. Antimycin A1 has been used as a fungicide, insecticide, and miticide. (From Merck Index, 12th ed)
Entry Term(s): Antimycin A1; Butanoic acid, 2(or 3)-methyl-, 3-((3-(formylamino)-2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)-8-hexyl-2,6-dimethyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl ester
Pharm Action: Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antifungal Agents
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(64)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Antimycin A MeSH Descriptor Data 2025