Product name : Gramicidin
CAS No. : 1405-97-6
Synonyms : Gramicidina;Gramoderm;Gramicidine;Gramicidinum
Molecular Formula : C148H210N30O26
Mol. Mass : 1882.3 g/mol
Product description :
Gramicidin is a heterogeneous mixture of six antibiotic compounds, Gramicidins A, B and C, making up 80%, 6%, and 14% respectively,all of which are obtained from the soil bacterial species Bacillus brevis and called collectively Gramicidin D. Gramicidin D are linear pentadecapeptides; that is chains made up of 15 amino acids.This is in contrast to Gramicidin S which is a cyclic peptide chain.