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Antimicrobial agent

An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.[1] Antimicrobial medicines can be grouped according to the microorganisms they act primarily against. For example, antibiotics are used against bacteria and antifungals are used against fungi.

The reverse transcriptase of HIV-1---Nevirapine

Nevirapine (previously known as BI-RG-587) is a dipyridodiazepinone derivative and a potent and highly specific inhibitor of the reverse transcriptase of HIV-1.

Apr 19,2022  Antimicrobial agent

What is Tenofovir ?

Tenofovir is an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate. Tenofovir is manufactured as the prodrug tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and subsequently converted in vivo to its active form, tenofovir diphosphat

Apr 19,2022  Antimicrobial agent

A potent inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase---Stavudine

The nucleoside analog stavudine (2u,3u-didehydro-2u3u-deoxythymidine, d4T) is a potent inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase in vitro. It is active against both HIV-1 and HIV-2.

Apr 15,2022  Antimicrobial agent

Trifluorothymidine/Trifluoridine

Trifluorothymidine, also known as trifluoridine, is a fluorinated pyrimidine nucleoside analog of thymidine and related to idoxuridine.

Apr 13,2022  Antimicrobial agent

A broad inhibitor of viral DNA polymerases---Foscarnet

Foscarnet is a broad inhibitor of viral DNA polymerases, including both DNA-dependent and RNA-dependent DNA polymerases (the latter usually called reverse transcriptases).

Apr 13,2022  Antimicrobial agent

Vidarabine---Adenine arabinoside-

Vidarabine (also known as adenine arabinoside, or Ara-A) is a purine analog which inhibits the replication of a wide range of DNA and some oncogenic RNA viruses. The chemical name is 9-beta-D-arabinof

Apr 12,2022  Antimicrobial agent

Ticarcillin–Clavulanic Acid: Clinical Uses and Toxicity

Since its introduction for clinical use, ticarcillin–clavulanate has been used for a variety of clinical infections because of its broad spectrum of antibiotic activity (Kosmidis, 1986).

Mar 21,2022  Antimicrobial agent

Ticarcillin–Clavulanic Acid: Antimicrobial Activity, Susceptibility, Administration and Dosage etc.

Ticarcillin–clavulanate is an injectable antibacterial combination consisting of two agents, a beta-lactam antibiotic (ticarcillin) and a beta-lactamase inhibitor.

Mar 21,2022  Antimicrobial agent

What is Chloroquine diphosphate?

Chloroquine diphosphate Inhibits tumor cell growth and metastasis and induces apoptosis in vitro. Binds to Fe(II)-protoporphyrin IX (FP) to form FP-chloroquine complex resulting in cell lysis and para

Apr 22,2021  Antimicrobial agent

What is Hydroxychloroquine?

Hydroxychloroquine is a 4-aminoquinolone that is used to prevent and treat malaria, caused by parasitic protozoan from the Plasmodium genus.

Mar 9,2021  Antimicrobial agent
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