Penicillins
A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. A DrugBank category of 43 drugs. 27 of them are approved.
- ATC classification
- Part of
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Also known as
- Amcill · Aminobenzyl Penicillin · Aminobenzylpenicillin · Ampicillin · Ampicillin Sodium
- Drugs
- Amdinocillin
- Amoxicillin
- Ampicillin
- Apalcillin
- Aspoxicillin
- Azidocillin
- Azlocillin
- Bacampicillin
- Benzylpenicillin
- Benzylpenicilloyl polylysine
- Brobactam
- Carbenicillin
- Carfecillin
- Carindacillin
- Clometocillin
- Cloxacillin
- Cyclacillin
- Dicloxacillin
- Epicillin
- Flucloxacillin
- Fuzlocillin
- Hetacillin
- Lenampicillin
- Metampicillin
- Meticillin
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