helvolic acid

English

Etymology

Coined by Chain et al. in 1944,[1] in reference to the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, mut. helvola Yuill. The epithet helvola is a feminine diminutive of Latin helvus (“honey-yellow”).[2]

Noun

helvolic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus.

References
  1. E Chain, HW Florey, MA Jennings, TI Williams (1943 June) “Helvolic acid, an antibiotic produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, mut. helvola Yuill.”, in British Journal of Experimental Pathology‎, volume 24, number 3, pages 108–119
  2. Alexander Senning (2006 October 30) Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology: The Whys and Whences of Chemical Nomenclature and Terminology, Elsevier, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 180
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