Synonyms: Ricamycin® | TMS-19-Q
rokitamycin is an approved drug
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Rokitamycin is a 16-membered semisynthetic macrolide antibacterial compound [3].
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Bioactivity Comments |
Rokitamycin has improved antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria compared to josamycin and midecamycin [3]. The same study found that it did not have activity against the Gram-negative bacterial strains tested, with the exception of Haemophilus influenzae 1346 (MIC of 6.3-12.5 μg/ml). Rokitamycin also has activity against Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochaete that causes Lyme disease [2]. |