noun
- a class of nitrogen-containing organic compounds with a three-ring structure, often having antibiotic or antimicrobial properties
Usage: chemistry; biology
Examples
- Phenazines are produced by certain bacteria as secondary metabolites.
- The researchers studied phenazines for their potential antimicrobial effects.
- Some phenazines exhibit bright colors and are used as dyes.
- Pseudomonas bacteria are known to synthesize various phenazines.
- The phenazines showed promising activity against drug-resistant pathogens.
- Scientists isolated several phenazines from the soil microorganism.