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Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Methicillin
Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Methicillin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Methicillin
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Lactams > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Methicillin
... > Organic Chemicals > Amides > Lactams > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Methicillin

Preferred term

Methicillin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin
  • Meticillin
  • Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl

Scope note

  • One of the PENICILLINS which is resistant to PENICILLINASE but susceptible to a penicillin-binding protein. It is inactivated by gastric acid so administered by injection.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008712

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