Appearance
White or almost white crystalline powder
Source
Streptomyces Lincolnensis.
Lincomycin HCl, EP is a lincosamide antibiotic with a very similar mechanism of action to macrolide antibiotics. Lincomycin HCl is freely soluble in aqueous solution at 29.3 mg/mL.
Lincomycin HCl, EP meets European Pharmacopoeia (EP) specifications.
7179-49-9
C18H34N2O6S · HCl · H2O
461.02 g/mol
Lincosamide antibiotics inhibit bacterial growth by targeting the 50S ribosomal subunit preventing peptide bond formation and translocation during protein synthesis. Resistance to lincomycin is commonly attributed to mutations in 50S rRNA preventing lincomycin binding allowing the cell to synthesize proteins free of error.
2941.90.5000
Lincomycin is a broad spectrum antibiotic commonly used to target streptococcal and staphylococcal infections.
White or almost white crystalline powder
Streptomyces Lincolnensis.