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Status:
US Approved Rx (1964)
First approved in 1964

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Lincomycin (LINCOCIN®) is an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis (Streptomycetaceae family). It has been used in the treatment of staphylococcal, streptococcal, and Bacteroides fragilis infections. Lincomycin (LINCOCIN®) inhibits protein...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1972)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Erythromycin cyclocarbonate (Davercin) is a first generation semi-synthetic erythromycin. It is active against Gram-positive and some Gram-negative microorganisms. Davercin shows comparable or better in vitro potency, low host toxicity and improved p...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 1971

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Pyrantel is an anthelmintic, which acts as an agonist of nicotinic receptors (AChRs) of nematodes and exerts its therapeutic effects by depolarizing their muscle membranes. It is used to treat a number of parasitic worm infections. This includes asca...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First approved in 1948

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Chlortetracycline (trade name Aureomycin, Lederle) is a tetracycline antibiotic, the first tetracycline to be identified. It was discovered in 1945 by Benjamin Minge Duggar working at Lederle Laboratories under the supervision of Yellapragada Subbaro...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Mibolerone is a synthetic anabolic steroid. It binds both androgen and progesterone receptors and exerts both androgenic and progestagenic actions. Mibolerone (CHEQUE® Drops) was used in veterinary for estrous (heat) prevention in adult female dogs n...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Halofuginone is a low molecular weight quinazolinone alkaloid, and a potent inhibitor of collagen alpha1(I) and matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) gene expression. Halofuginone also effectively suppresses tumor progression and metastasis in mice. Hal...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Thiabendazole (TBZ, trade names Mintezol, Tresaderm, and Arbotect) was first introduced in 1962. This drug is a fungicide and parasiticide and is indicated for the treatment of: strongyloidiasis (threadworm), cutaneous larva migrans (creeping eruptio...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1956

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Oleandomycin is a macrolide antibiotic, which was first described under the designation P.A.105 by Sobin, English, and Celmer (1954-5). Later it appeared on the market under three names and in two forms: as pure oleandomycin ("matromycin," Pfizer; "r...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1956

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Novobiocin (also known as streptonivicin) is an aminocoumarin antibiotic, active against Staphylococcus epidermidis. Novobiocin and other aminocoumarin antibiotics act as a potent competitive inhibitor of DNA gyrase B. The oral form of the drug was w...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1943

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfamerazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic, which acts by inhibiting folic acid synthesis in bacterias. The primary target of sulfamerazine is believed to be dihydropteroate synthetase. Sulfamerazine (in comination with Sulfadiazine and Sulfamethazine...