Form
Powder
Appearance
Almost white or off-white powder
Source
Pseudomonas Fluorescens.
Water Content (Karl Fisher)
≤ 1.0%
pH
3.5-4.5
Optical Rotation
-17° to -21°
Assay
(On Dried Basis): 920 – 1020 μg/mg
Mupirocin is a carboxylic acid bacteriostatic/bactericidal antibiotic.
TOKU-E offers three forms of mupirocin: mupirocin (M022), mupirocin lithium salt (M023), and mupirocin calcium . Mupirocin is sparingly soluble in aqueous solution at 26.5 µg/mL. Mupirocin lithium is freely soluble at 10 mg/mL.
12650-69-0
C26H44O9
500.62
Mupirocin inhibits protein synthesis by binding to isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, an enzyme which conjugates the amino acid isoleucine to its corresponding tRNA.
2-8 °C
2941.90.5000
Mupirocin is commonly used to target gram positive bacteria especially Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Powder
Almost white or off-white powder
Pseudomonas Fluorescens.
≤ 1.0%
3.5-4.5
-17° to -21°
(On Dried Basis): 920 – 1020 μg/mg