Meclocycline

Meclocycline
Meclocycline
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(2E,4S,4aR,5S,5aR,12aS)-2-[amino(hydroxy)methylene]-7-chloro-4-(dimethylamino)-5,10,11,12a-tetrahydroxy-6-methylene-4a,5a,6,12a-tetrahydrotetracene-1,3,12(2H,4H,5H)-trione
Clinical data
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Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status ℞ Prescription only
Identifiers
CAS number 2013-58-3 YesY
ATC code D10AF04
PubChem CID 5359674
UNII 23Q8M2HE6S N
KEGG D02476 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1237124 N
Chemical data
Formula C22H21ClN2O8 
Mol. mass 476.86 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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Meclocycline (INN) is a tetracycline antibiotic. It is used topically (i.e. for skin infections) as it is totally insoluble in water and may cause liver and kidney damage if given systemically.


v · d · eAntibacterials: protein synthesis inhibitors (J01A, J01B, J01F, J01G, QJ01XQ)
30S
-mycin (Streptomyces)
Tetracyclines
50S
Linezolid • Torezolid • Eperezolid • Posizolid • Radezolid
Pleuromutilins
Retapamulin  • Tiamulin  • Valnemulin
EF-G
Steroid antibacterials

M: BAC

bact (clas)

gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o

drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)


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