Carindacillin

Carindacillin
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code J01CA05 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
  • ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
CAS Number 26605-69-6
PubChem (CID) 93184
ChemSpider 391995
UNII 5V278481KE YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1200991
ECHA InfoCard 100.043.481
Chemical and physical data
Formula C26H26N2O6S
Molar mass 494.55 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image

Carindacillin (INN), also known as Carbenicillin indanyl (USAN) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is a prodrug of carbenicillin.[1]

It is administered orally, as the sodium salt. It is no longer marketed in the United States, but used to be marketed by Pfizer under the brand name Geocillin.

References

  1. ↑ English AR, Retsema JA, Ray VA, Lynch JE (March 1972). "Carbenicillin indanyl sodium, an orally active derivative of carbenicillin". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1 (3): 185–91. doi:10.1128/aac.1.3.185. PMC 444190Freely accessible. PMID 4558137.


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