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S3072

Sigma-Aldrich

Spiramycin adipate

Synonym(s):

Spiramycin hexanedioate

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UNSPSC Code:
51101500
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form

powder

potency

3948 I.U. per mg

storage condition

(Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place.)

color

off-white

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-positive bacteria

Mode of action

protein synthesis | interferes

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Chemical structure: macrolide

Application

Spiramycin is a macrolide antibiotic that is commonly used to treat infections of soft tissues. It has been used to treat bronchopulmonary infections in adults [1] and has been used to study septicemia in mice [2].

Biochem/physiol Actions

Spiramycin is a 16-membered ring macrolide antibiotic from Streptomyces ambofaciens. It inhibits bacterial protein synthesis at the level of peptidy-tRNA dissociation from ribosomes. It is mainly used against Gram-positive bacteria.

Other Notes

Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place.
This product is a mixture of spiramycins I, II, and III.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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O Rolin et al.
Pathologie-biologie, 34(5), 476-478 (1986-05-01)
Experimental septicemia was induced in mice by intraperitoneal injection of 10 to 100 lethal doses of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Animals were treated by a mixture of adipic acid and spiramycin (subcutaneous route) or by spiramycin base (oral route)
Acute bronchopulmonary infections: treatment with i.v. spiramycin.
F Vachon and S Kernbaum
Chemotherapia, 6, 282-285 (1987)

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