Ampicillin

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ampicillin
IUPAC name: see chemistry section Synonyms: aminobenzylpenicillin Formula: C16H19N3O4S
Uses:	antibiotic drug
Properties:	beta-lactam
Hazards:	see drug interactions
Mass (g/mol): CAS #: 349.4048 69-53-4

Ampicillin, or aminobenzylpenicillin, is a broad spectrum antibiotic and a derivative of penicillin. It is used to treat infections of E. coli, P. mirabilis, enterococci, Shigella, S. typhosa and other Salmonella, nonpenicillinase-producing N. gononhoeae, H. influenzae, staphylococci, and streptococci including streptoc. It is also widely used in molecular biology labs during the over-expression of proteins in bacterial cells that are tolerant of ampicillin. This ensures that only the bacteria of interest grow in the media and produce the protein of interest.

Ampicillin is a penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic used to eliminate susceptible, usually gram-positive, organisms. Like penicillin, ampicillin inhibits the last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins in the bacterial cell wall.

Its IUPAC chemical name is (2S,5R,6R)-6-[[(2R)-2-amino-2-phenylacetyl]amino]-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid and it has chemical formula C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₄S, giving it a molecular mass of 349.4048 g/mol.

Synonyms of ampicillin

1. Ampicilline
2. Ampicillinum
3. Ampicilline
4. Ampicillina
5. Ampicillin
6. Ampicillin Trihydrate
7. Ampicillin Sodium
8. Ampicillin Base
9. Ampicillin Anhydrous
10. Ampicillin Anhydrate
11. Ampicillin Acid
12. Ampicilina
13. Anhydrous Ampicillin
14. Bayer 5427
15. D-Ampicillin
16. Aminobenzylpenicillin

Brand names of ampicillin

AB-PC Ab-Pc Sol Acillin Adobacillin Alpen Amblosin Amcill Amfipen Amfipen V Amipenix S Ampen Ampi Ampi-Bol Ampi-Co Ampi-Tab Ampichel Ampicil Ampicillin A Ampicin Ampifarm Ampikel Ampimed Ampipenin Ampipenin, Nt3 Ampiscel Ampisyn Ampivax Ampivet Amplacilina

Amplin Amplipenyl Amplisom Amplital Ampy-Penyl Austrapen BRL Binotal Bonapicillin Britacil Campicillin Cimex Copharcilin D-Cillin Delcillin Deripen Divercillin Doktacillin Duphacillin Geocillin Grampenil Guicitrina Guicitrine Lifeampil Morepen Norobrittin Novo-Ampicillin Nuvapen

Olin Kid Omnipen Omnipen-N Orbicilina Pen A Pen Ampil Pen a Oral Penbristol Penbritin Penbritin Paediatric Penbritin Syrup Penbritin-S Penbrock Penicline Penimic Pensyn Pentrex Pentrexl Pentrexyl Pfizerpen A Pfizerpen-A Polycillin Polycillin-N Ponecil Princillin Principen Principen '125' Principen '250'

Principen '500' Qidamp Racenacillin Ro-Ampen Rosampline Roscillin Semicillin Semicillin R Servicillin Sk-Ampicillin Spectrobid Sumipanto Supen Synpenin Texcillin Tokiocillin Tolomol Totacillin Totacillin-N Totalciclina Totapen Trifacilina Ultrabion Ultrabron Vampen Viccillin Viccillin S Wypicil

External links

• Ampicillin - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
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