Doxycycline hyclateProduct ingredient for Doxycycline
- Name
- Doxycycline hyclate
- Drug Entry
- Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic synthetically derived from oxytetracycline.13 It is a second-generation tetracycline that was first discovered in 1967.6 Second-generation tetracyclines exhibit lesser toxicity than first-generation tetracyclines.5 Doxycycline is used to treat a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections. It is also used to treat acne and malaria.8
- Accession Number
- DBSALT000896
- Structure
- Synonyms
- Doxycycline hyclate / Doxycycline hydrochloride hemiethanolate hemihydrate