beta-Lactams

DBCAT000569Pharmacologic class

Four-membered cyclic AMIDES, best known for the PENICILLINS based on a bicyclo-thiazolidine, as well as the CEPHALOSPORINS based on a bicyclo-thiazine, and including monocyclic MONOBACTAMS. The BETA-LACTAMASES hydrolyze the beta lactam ring, accounting for BETA-LACTAM... A DrugBank category of 135 drugs. 77 of them are approved.

Also known as: 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(3.2.0)Heptanes · beta Lactams · 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(4.2.0)Octanes
Drugs: 7-Aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid
Amdinocillin
Amoxicillin
Ampicillin
Apalcillin
Aspoxicillin
Azidocillin
Azlocillin
Aztreonam
Bacampicillin
Benapenem
Benzylpenicillin
Benzylpenicilloyl polylysine
Biapenem
Brobactam
Carbapenem
Carbenicillin
Carfecillin
Carindacillin
Carumonam
Cefacetrile
Cefaclor
Cefadroxil
Cefalonium
Cefaloridine
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What you can answer from here — as of July 05, 2019

135DrugsEach linked to its full drug card

73Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type

13,845Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes

18Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given

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