Category: Health
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
English (EN)Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi, including penicillin G (intravenous use), penicillin V (oral use), procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin (intramuscular ...
Oxazolidinones are mainly used as antimicrobials. The antibacterial effect of oxazolidinones is by working as protein synthesis inhibitors, targeting an early step involving the binding of ...
Nitrofurans are a class of drugs typically used as antibiotics or antimicrobials. The defining structural component is a furan ring with a nitro group.
Monobactams are β-lactam compounds wherein the β-lactam ring is alone and not fused to another ring (in contrast to most other β-lactams, which have at least two rings). They work only against ...
The macrolides are a group of drugs (typically antibiotics) whose activity stems from the presence of a macrolide ring, a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually ...
A lipopeptide is a molecule consisting of a lipid connected to a peptide. Bacteria express these molecules. Certain lipopeptides are used as antibiotics.
Lincosamides prevent bacteria replicating by interfering with the synthesis of proteins. They bind to the subunits of bacterial ribosomes and cause premature dissociation of the peptidyl-tRNA from ...
