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

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Penicillins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Antibiotics, Penicillin
  • Penicillin Antibiotics

Scope note

  • 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. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065)

History note

  • 75; was PENICILLIN 1963-74; /adv eff-pois-tox was PENICILLIN TOXICOLOGY 1963-65; HETACILLIN was heading 1974-84

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010406

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