Antibacterials

Sulfadiazine Sodium

Sulfadiazine sodium is a sulfonamide antibiotic that was developed in 1940 by Richard Roblin at the Stamford Research Laboratories of the American Cyanamid Company to be a more potent and less toxic alternative to Sulfapyridine. Sulfadiazine is a...

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Irgasan (Triclosan), USP

Irgasan, USP (syn: Triclosan, USP) is a broad spectrum antibacterial agent that inhibits bacterial fatty acid synthesis.   Irgasan is slightly soluble in water and freely soluble in ethanol and methanol. Mechanism of Action Irgasan...

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Teicoplanin

Teicoplanin (syn: Targocid, Teichomycin) is a lipoglycopeptide complex first reported from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus in 1978.  Teicoplanin is a mixture of several compounds including five major compounds (Teicoplanin A2-1 through A2-5), and four...

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Sulfadiazine

Sulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic that was developed in 1940 by Richard Roblin at the Stamford Research Laboratories (Stamford, Connecticut) of the American Cyanamid Company to be a more potent and less toxic alternative to Sulfapyridine...

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Vancomycin Hydrochloride, USP

Vancomycin Hydrochloride, USP (syn: Vancomycin HCl) is a glycopeptide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces orientalis that was discovered in 1953 from a soil sample found in Borneo. It is effective against Gram-positive bacteria such as...

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Novobiocin Sodium

Novobiocin Sodium is an aminocoumarin antibiotic that prevents cell division.  It is an inhibitor of Hsp90 can be used to study heat shock proteins.  It targets Gram-positive organisms, and is commonly used for antimicrobial susceptibility...

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Oxolinic Acid

Oxolinic acid is a synthetic quinolone antibiotic. It is insoluble in water and soluble in dilute alkali solutions. Mechanism of Action Fluoroquinolone antibiotics target bacterial DNA gyrase, an enzyme which reduces DNA strain during replication...

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Tobramycin Sulfate, USP

Tobramycin Sulfate, USP is an aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from Streptomyces tenebrarius. Tobramycin is a member of a broad-spectrum antibiotic complex, nebramycin, that was originally isolated in 1967 by Eli Lilly and Company.  The nebramycin...

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Trimethoprim Lactate

Trimethoprim Lactate is a synthetic derivative of trimethoxybenzyl-pyrimidine with bacteriostatic and antiprotozoal properties. As a pyrimidine inhibitor of bacterial dihydrofolate reductase, Trimethoprim binds tightly to the bacterial enzyme, blocking...

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Trimethoprim

Trimethoprim is a synthetic derivative of trimethoxybenzyl-pyrimidine with bacteriostatic and antiprotozoal properties. As a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, trimethoprim binds tightly to the bacterial enzyme, blocking the production...

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Fusidic Acid Sodium

Fusidic Acid Sodium is a bacteriostatic steroid triterpenoid antibiotic of the fusidane class which inhibits protein synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria.  It can be used to study the effects of compound combinations on bacterial growth, and gene...

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Methicillin Sodium

Methicillin Sodium is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic belonging to the penicillin family and is a semi-synthetic derivative of penicillin.  It was manufactured in the late 1950s.  It is commonly used as a selective agent in pathogen...

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