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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Classification ![]() |
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Compound class | Natural product |
Approved drug? | Yes (FDA (1969)) |
Approved drug? | Yes. FDA (1969) |
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. |
International Nonproprietary Names ![]() |
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INN number | INN |
939 | paromomycin |
Synonyms ![]() |
aminosidine | catenulin | Humatin® | monomycin A |
Database Links ![]() |
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Specialist databases | |
Antibiotic DB
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Paromomycin |
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CAS Registry No. | 7542-37-2 (source: Scifinder) |
ChEBI | CHEBI:7934 |
ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL370143 |
DrugBank Ligand | DB01421 |
DrugCentral Ligand | 2067 |
GtoPdb PubChem SID | 472319282 |
PubChem CID | 165580 |
RCSB PDB Ligand | PAR |
Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | UOZODPSAJZTQNH-LSWIJEOBSA-N |
Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | UOZODPSAJZTQNH |
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