Erythromycin Powder
 
Catalog Number: AS-2010
CAS Number: 114-07-8
MW: 733.93 g/mol
MF: C37H67NO13
 
A powerful macrolide antibiotic with broad-spectrum action against a range of bacterial infections is erythromycin powder. By binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit’s 23S ribosomal RNA in sensitive bacteria, it inhibits protein synthesis by this mechanism of action. A necessary element for the synthesis of peptide bonds during protein translation, the peptidyl transferase center is disrupted by this interaction.
Many Gram-positive bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, and Staphylococcus aureus, are effectively inhibited by erythromycin. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bordetella pertussis, and Legionella pneumophila are just a few of the Gram-negative bacteria that it also exhibits activity against. Interestingly, Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are two unusual infections that Erythromycin effectively inhibits.
 
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