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teicoplanin
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A complex mixture of related natural products isolated from the fermentation broth of a strain of Actinoplanes teichomyceticus comprising five major components (teicoplanin A2-1 through A2-5), a hydrolysis component (teicoplanin A3-1), and four minor components (teicoplanin RS-1 through RS-4). An antibiotic with a similar spectrum of activity to vancomycin, it is used to treat serious Gram-positive bacterial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis.
Term info
Label
teicoplanin
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
teicoplanin, teicoplanine, teicoplaninum, antibiotic 8327A, Targocid, teicoplanina
id
CHEBI:29687
Term relations
Subclass of:
- mixture
- has part some teicoplanin A2-4
- has role some antimicrobial agent
- has part some teicoplanin A2-5
- has part some teicoplanin A3-1
- has part some teicoplanin A2-2
- has part some teicoplanin A2-1
- has part some teicoplanin A2-3
- has role some antibacterial drug