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                                                                Synonyms: penicillin G sodium | penicillin-G potassium
                                 penicillin G is an approved drug (FDA (1947)) Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                    
                                        Comment: Penicillin G (benzylpenicillin) is a narrow spectrum penicillin antibacterial.  Penicillin G is is one of the access group antibacterials on the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines (link provided in the Classification table under the Summary tab). | 
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| Classification  | |
| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1947) | 
| WHO Essential Medicine | WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) (23rd List, 2023). Access PDF version. Click to view more information about the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines. | 
| Prodrug | penamecillin | 
| IUPAC Name  | 
| (2S,5R,6R)-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-(2-phenylacetamido)-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid | 
| International Nonproprietary Names  | |
| INN number | INN | 
| 221 | benethamine penicillin | 
| 203 | benzathine benzylpenicillin | 
| 58 | benzylpenicillin | 
| 827 | clemizole penicillin | 
| 736 | phenyracillin | 
| Synonyms  | 
| penicillin G sodium | penicillin-G potassium | 
| Database Links  | |
| Specialist databases | |
| Antibiotic DB   | Penicillin G | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 61-33-6 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL29 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01053 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2082 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178101498 | 
| Immunopaedia Search | penicillin | 
| PubChem CID | 5904 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | PNN | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | JGSARLDLIJGVTE-MBNYWOFBSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | JGSARLDLIJGVTE | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | phenyracillin | 
| Search PubMed titles | phenyracillin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | phenyracillin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | JGSARLDLIJGVTE-MBNYWOFBSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | JGSARLDLIJGVTE-MBNYWOFBSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Penicillin_G |