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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References |
1. Carter AP, Clemons WM, Brodersen DE, Morgan-Warren RJ, Wimberly BT, Ramakrishnan V. (2000)
Functional insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its interactions with antibiotics. Nature, 407 (6802): 340-8. [PMID:11014183] |
2. Davidson RN, den Boer M, Ritmeijer K. (2009)
Paromomycin. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 103 (7): 653-60. [PMID:18947845] |