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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. drugs
  3. anti-infective agents
  4. antibiotics
  5. beta-lactam antibiotics
  6. clavulanic acids
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical substances
  3. chemical compounds
  4. sulfur compounds
  5. beta-lactams
  6. clavulanic acids
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organic nitrogen compounds
  3. amides
  4. lactams
  5. beta-lactams
  6. clavulanic acids
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organic nitrogen compounds
  3. amides
  4. lactams
  5. beta-lactams
  6. clavulanic acids

Preferred term

clavulanic acids

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Acids, salts, and derivatives of clavulanic acid (C8H9O5N). They consist of those beta-lactam compounds that differ from penicillin in having the sulfur of the thiazolidine ring replaced by an oxygen. They have limited antibacterial action, but block bacterial beta-lactamase irreversibly, so that similar antibiotics are not broken down by the bacterial enzymes and therefore can exert their antibacterial effects.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2011

    Type: Concept definition

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