1. A toxic antibiotic compound that inhibits cellular respiration by blocking electron transport in mitochondria; used primarily in research and as a pesticide.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; primarily used in laboratory and agricultural contexts

Examples

• Antimycin A is commonly used in cell biology experiments to study mitochondrial function.
• The researcher added antimycin to the cell culture to observe the effects of blocked respiration.
• Antimycin has been employed as a fungicide in agricultural applications.
• The toxicity of antimycin makes it useful for studying energy metabolism in cells.
• Scientists use antimycin to inhibit complex III of the electron transport chain.