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Sigma-Aldrich

Spiramycin adipate

Synonym(s):

Spiramycin hexanedioate

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EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
51101500

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 and has been used to study septicemia in mice .

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

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

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Acute bronchopulmonary infections: treatment with i.v. spiramycin.
F Vachon and S Kernbaum
Chemotherapia, 6, 282-285 (1987)
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)

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