Synonyms: aminosidine | catenulin | Humatin® | monomycin A
paromomycin is an approved drug (FDA (1969))
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Paromomycin belongs to the aminoglycoside class of antibacterial compounds and was originally isolated from Streptomyces krestomuceticus. It is used as an antiprotozoal drug and is included in the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines (link provided in the Classification table, under the Summary tab below).
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Bioactivity Comments |
Paromomycin demonstates activity against most Gram-negative and many Gram-positive bacteria as well a number of clinically important species of protozoa and cestodes (reviewed in [2]). |