Lenampicillin is an antibiotic drug of the penicillin class. It is a produg of ampicillin; after oral administration of lenampicillin, ampicillin is rapidly formed.[1]

Lenampicillin inhibits bacterial penicillin binding proteins (transpeptidase) and is effective against a wide range of bacterial infections.[2]

Lenampicillin was developed in Japan and has been marketed there.[2]

References

  1. ^ Saito A, Nakashima M (May 1986). "Pharmacokinetic study of lenampicillin (KBT-1585) in healthy volunteers". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 29 (5): 948–950. doi:10.1128/aac.29.5.948. PMC 284190. PMID 3729355.
  2. ^ a b "Lenampicillin". InxightDrugs. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenampicillin
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