Antimicrobials

Pyrazinamide

Pyrazinamide is a sparingly soluble bactericidal antitubercular drug.Mechanism of ActionThe mechanism of pyrazinamide is not entirely understood. It is speculated that pyrazinamide enters a target cell and is converted into pyrazinoic acid (POA) which...

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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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Kasugamycin Hydrochloride

Kasugamycin Hydrochloride is a salt form a Kasugamycin, is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal aminoglycoside originally isolated in 1965 from Streptomyces kasugaensis found near the Kasuga shrine in Japan.  It was discovered by Hamao...

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Salinomycin Sodium

Salinomycin Sodium (syn: Coxistal, Coxistac) is the sodium salt of Salinomycin, a carboxylic polyether ionophore isolated from Streptomyces albus that has been widely used as an agricultural antibiotic to prevent coccidiosis in poultry. Salinomycin...

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Enramycin

Enramycin is a polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidus.  Enramycin is composed of two different compounds: Enramycin A and Enramycin B. The ratio of A and B varies but is typically ~70:30. Enramycin is slightly soluble...

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Sulfamerazine

Sulfamerazine is a bacteriostatic sulfonamide antibiotic. Sulfamerizine is essentially insoluble in water at 0.20 mg/mL.TOKU-E offers two forms of sulfamerazine: sulfamerazine (S033) and sulfamerazine sodium (S059).Mechanism of ActionLike most...

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Mecillinam

Mecillinam is a broad-spectrum β-lactam amidinopenicillin antibiotic belonging to the penicillin class.  It was first described in 1972 by F Lund and L Tybring and was developed by the Danish pharmaceutical company Leo Pharmaceutical Products...

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Cycloheximide

Cycloheximide is a glutarimide antibiotic and natural fungicide isolated from Streptomyces griseus and a protein synthesis inhibitor in eukaryotic cells. It was discovered by Alma Whiffen-Barksdale of Upjohn Company in 1946. Cycloheximide is routinely...

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Nitrofurantoin

Nitrofurantoin is broad-spectrum nitrofuran antibiotic that is used as a substrate for bacterial glycoprotein nitrofuran reductase. It is bacteriostatic against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.  The compound has been found to have...

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Ampicillin Sodium/Sulbactam Sodium (2:1)

Ampicillin Sodium/SulbactamSodium (2:1) is a combination of a β-lactam similar in structure to penicillin, with a β-lactamase inhibitor used to increase potency of β-lactam antibiotics. We also offer: Ampicillin Anhydrous...

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Spectinomycin Sulfate

Spectinomycin Sulfate is an aminocyclitol antibiotic that is isolated from Streptomyces spectabilis.  Spectinomycin was discovered in culture broth by researchers at the Upjohn Company in 1961. Spectinomycin Sulfate shows activity against...

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Salinomycin

Salinomycin (syn: Coxistal, Coxistac) is a carboxylic polyether ionophore isolated from Streptomyces albus that has been widely used as an agricultural antibiotic to prevent coccidiosis in poultry. Salinomycin was first isolated in 1974 by the...

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