List of Macrolide Antibiotics | Chemotherapy | Animals
Here is a list of various macrolide antibiotics. 1. Erythromycin: (i) This macrolide antibiotic was isolated from Streptomyces erythreus, a soil- born organism in 1952. (ii) It consists of two sugars, desosamine and cladinose, which are attached to erythronolide, a macro cyclic lactone. (iii) It is slightly water soluble. (iv) The antibiotic remains more active, in alkaline medium than at [...]