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'''Hamycin''' is a [[polyene antimycotic]] [[organic compound]] described in India.<ref>[http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/102214424.html Aggregation behaviour of hamycin and its interaction with membrane sterols]</ref>  It is a heptaene [[antifungal]] compound rather similar in [[chemical structure]] to [[amphotericin B]] except that it has an additional [[aromatic]] [[Functional group|group]] bonded to the molecule.  When pure, hamycin is a yellow powdered [[solid]].  

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