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Enviomycin

Enviomycin is an antibiotic drug, isolated from Streptomyces griseoverticillatus var. tuberacticus. It is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.

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Enviomycin
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  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
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  • 3,6-diamino-N-[(3R,6Z)-3-(2-amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)-6-[(carbamoylamino)methylidene]-9,12-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,5,8,11,14-pentaoxo-1,4,7,10,13-pentazacyclohexadec-15-yl]-4-hydroxyhexanamide
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FormulaC25H43N13O10
Molar mass685.700 g·mol−1
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  • InChI=1S/C25H43N13O10/c26-3-1-16(41)10(27)5-17(42)33-12-6-31-23(47)18(11-2-4-30-24(28)37-11)38-20(44)13(7-32-25(29)48)34-21(45)14(8-39)36-22(46)15(9-40)35-19(12)43/h7,10-12,14-16,18,39-41H,1-6,8-9,26-27H2,(H,31,47)(H,33,42)(H,34,45)(H,35,43)(H,36,46)(H,38,44)(H3,28,30,37)(H3,29,32,48)/b13-7-/t10-,11-,12+,14+,15+,16-,18+/m1/s1 X markN
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Enviomycin (INN, also called tuberactinomycin N) is an antibiotic drug, isolated from Streptomyces griseoverticillatus var. tuberacticus.1 It is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.2

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References

  1. Jinnosuke Abe et al. Antibiotic Tuberactinomycin-N and process for production thereof. US patent 3892732
  2. Selvakumar N, Kumar V, Acharyulu GS, Rehman F, Paramasivan CN, Prabhakar R (May 1992). "Susceptibility of south Indian strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to tuberactinomycin". The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 95: 101–4. PMID 1506058.