Synonyms: mepicycline
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Pipacycline is a tetracycline antibacterial compound. Note that the structure shown here matches the CAS-assigned structure. The PubChem link, provided in the table below, is to their standardized chemical structure (CID 54686184), although this is not an exact structural match.
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Summary of Clinical Use ![]() |
Penimepicycline, the salt of pipacycline and phenoxymethylpenicillin, was investigated as a treatment for urological, gynecological, and respiratory infections during the 1960s. |
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]() |
Tetracyclines inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by binding reversibly to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and preventing the aminoacyl tRNA from binding to the acceptor (A) site on the mRNA-ribosome complex (reviewed in [1-2]). |