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Abstract
A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065)
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Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Antibiotics, Penicillin
- Penicillin Antibiotics
- Penicillin
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25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
1975; was PENICILLIN 1963-74; /adv eff-pois-tox was PENICILLIN TOXICOLOGY 1963-65; HETACILLIN was heading 1974-84
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Penicillins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010406. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010406
- Penicillins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
- Penicillins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12190