Selective Agents

Novobiocin sodium

Novobiocin sodium is an aminocoumarin antibiotic that prevents cell division. Novobiocin sodium is freely soluble in aqueous solution.Mechanism of ActionAminocoumarin antibiotics target DNA gyrase, an enzyme which relieves strain as DNA unwinds during...

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Nystatin

Nystatin is a fungicidal and fungistatic polyene antifungal and growth promoter.  It functions by accumulating cholesterol and thereby sequesters lipid from cell membranes.  It can be used in quantum dot research, since cholesterol depletion...

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Oleandomycin

Oleandomycin is a 16-membered macrocyclic lactone, discovered in the 1950s, with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Oleandomycin was developed as a human pharmaceutical but was regarded as less active than comparable products such as erythromycin...

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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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Polymyxin B Sulfate

Polymyxin B sulfate is a polypeptide antibiotic and is composed of polymyxins B1, B2, and B3, with fractions B1 and B2 comprising the majority of the mixture. Polymyxin B components are structurally identical with the exception of a variable fatty acid...

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Rifampicin

Rifampicin (rifampin) is a semisynthetic antimicrobial compound derived from rifamycin SV and originally developed by the Lepetit group in 1965.  Rifampicin shows activity against gram-positive bacteria, particularly mycobacteria like tuberculosis,...

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Rifampicin Sodium

Rifampicin sodium (Rifampin) is a semisynthetic antimicrobial compound derived from rifamycin SV and originally developed by the Lepetit group in 1965.  Rifampicin shows activity against gram-positive bacteria, particularly mycobacteria like...

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Streptomycin Sulfate

Streptomycin sulfate is a freely soluble aminocyclitol glycoside antibiotic, that was co-discovered by Salman Waksman, Albert Schatz, and Elizabeth Bugie at the Rutgers University in 1943 and was later patented in 1948.  Streptomycin is isolated...

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Streptomycin Sulfate, EP

Streptomycin sulfate is a freely soluble aminocyclitol glycoside antibiotic, that was co-discovered by Salman Waksman, Albert Schatz, and Elizabeth Bugie at the Rutgers University in 1943 and was later patented in 1948.  Streptomycin is isolated...

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Sulfadiazine

Sulfadiazine 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 bacteriostatic...

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Teicoplanin

Teicoplanin is a lipoglycopeptide complex first reported from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus in 1978.  Teicoplanin is a mixture of several compounds; 5 major compounds, Teicoplanin A2-1 thru A2-5, and 4 minor compounds, referred to as...

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Tetracycline, USP

Tetracycline is a light-sensitive bacteriostatic polyketide antibiotic frequently used in a wide range of in-vitro cell culture applications. Tetracycline (achromycin) is a first-generation tetracycline antibiotic and was first identified...

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