Neomicina

A neomicina é un antibiótico bactericida da familia dos aminoglicósidos, que se obtén do Streptomyces fradiae^[1]. Existen as neomicinas A, B e C, das cales a máis usada é a B. É hidrosoluble e máis activa a pH básico ^[2].

A neomicina foi descuberta en 1949 por Selman Abraham Waksman e o seu axudante Hubert Lechevalier na Universidade Rutgers ^[3].

↑ Waksman, S.A. und Lechevalier, H.A. (1949): Neomycin, a New Antibiotic Active against Streptomycin-Resistant Bacteria, including Tuberculosis Organisms. In: Science. Bd. 109(2830), S. 305–307. PMID 17782716
↑ DrugBank
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952". Nobel Foundation. Consultado o 2008-10-29.

[1] Waksman, S.A. und Lechevalier, H.A. (1949): Neomycin, a New Antibiotic Active against Streptomycin-Resistant Bacteria, including Tuberculosis Organisms. In: Science. Bd. 109(2830), S. 305–307. PMID 17782716

[2] DrugBank

[3] "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952". Nobel Foundation. Consultado o 2008-10-29.

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