Penicillin G: Antimicrobial Activity, Susceptibility, Mechanism of Drug Action, Drug Administration and Dosage etc.

In spite of the availability of many new antibiotics, and the progressive development of resistance in bacterial species, penicillin G (Pen G) remains a very effective agent.

Mar 11,2022  API

Laccase: Overview, Production, Mechanism of Action, Uses in Food Processing etc.

Laccase belongs to the blue multicopper oxidases and participates in cross-linking of monomers, degradation of polymers, and ring cleavage of aromatic compounds. It is widely distributed in higher pla

Mar 11,2022  Food Additives

Side-effects of Metronidazole

Metronidazole is a nitroimidazole drug similar to tinidazole. It has the chemical formula 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)- 2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole (C6H9N3O3) and a low molecular weight of 171.15 kDa. Following t

Mar 10,2022  API

Dalbavancin---semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide

Dalbavancin (Zeven, Pfizer Inc.) is a semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide with an extended half-life that enables once-weekly dosing. It has potent in vitro activity against most Gram-positive organisms wi

Mar 10,2022  API

Biosynthesis of Mandelic acid

Mandelic acid is an aromatic alpha hydroxy acid with the molecular formula C6H5CH(OH)CO2H. It is a white crystalline solid that is soluble in water and polar organic solvents. It is a useful precursor

Mar 10,2022  Biochemical Engineering

What is Oritavancin?

Oritavancin is a second-generation lipoglycopeptide antibiotic derived from modifications of chloroeremomycin, a naturally occurring glycopeptide. Structurally, oritavancin is very similar to vancomyc

Mar 10,2022  API

Side effects of nitrofurantoin

The sole use of this drug is in the treatment of urinary tract infections, as after oral or intravenous (i.v.). administration, therapeutically active concentrations are attained only in urine. The dr

Mar 10,2022  API

Daptomycin---LY 146032

Daptomycin is more active in vitro than glycopeptides against a wide range of Gram-positive aerobic as well as anaerobic organisms, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and van

Mar 10,2022  API

A lipoglycopeptide antibiotic ---Teicoplanin

Teicoplanin (Targocids) is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic chemically related to vancomycin, which was obtained by fermenting Actinoplanes teichomyceticus.

Mar 10,2022  API

Uses of Furazolidone

This nitrofuran has in vitro activity against S. aureus, S. pyogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, Clostrida spp., Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, an

Mar 10,2022  API
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