Antimicrobials

Pefloxacin

Pefloxacin is broad-spectrum, synthetic, third-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic developed in 1979.  It is an analog of Norfloxacin. It inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase and Topoisomerase IV, which disrupts bacterial cell division.  Novel...

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Oxytetracycline Dihydrate

Oxytetracycline was the second discovered tetracycline antibiotic. TOKU-E offers two forms of oxytetracycline: Oxytetracycline Dihydrate (O003) and Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride (O004). Oxytetracycline dihydrate is sparingly soluble in aqueous solution...

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Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, USP

Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride is the hydrochloride salt of Oxytetracycline, the second tetracycline antibiotic to be discovered.  Oxytetracycline is a broad-spectrum tetracycline that was discovered near the Pfizer laboratories in a soil sample...

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Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride pentahydrate

Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride pentahydrate 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 Dihydrochloride...

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Irgasan (Triclosan)

Irgasan (syn: Triclosan) 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 demonstrates a...

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Pyrazinamide

Pyrazinamide is a sparingly soluble bactericidal antitubercular drug.  It is often used in combination with Rifampicin, Isoniazid, and either Streptomycin or ethambutol.  It was first discovered and patented in 1936, but not used against...

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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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