Chemicals and Drugs

Virginiamycin

A cyclic polypeptide antibiotic complex from Streptomyces virginiae, S. loidensis, S. mitakaensis, S. pristina-spiralis, S. ostreogriseus, and others. It consists of 2 major components, VIRGINIAMYCIN FACTOR M1 and virginiamycin Factor S1. It is used to treat infections with gram-positive organisms and as a growth promoter in cattle, swine, and poultry.

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A cyclic polypeptide antibiotic complex from Streptomyces virginiae, S. loidensis, S. mitakaensis, S. pristina-spiralis, S. ostreogriseus, and others. It consists of 2 major components, VIRGINIAMYCIN FACTOR M1 and virginiamycin Factor S1. It is used to treat infections with gram-positive organisms and as a growth promoter in cattle, swine, and poultry.

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  • Virgimycine
  • Antibiotic 899
  • Eskalin
  • Founderguard
  • Stajac
  • Staphylomycin

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, 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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1991(1974);

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Virginiamycin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014769. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014769
  2. Virginiamycin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginiamycin
  3. Virginiamycin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3560696