clindamycin is an approved drug (FDA (1970))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Clindamycin is a semisynthetic lincosamide antibacterial with broad-spectrum activity. The compound also has antimalarial activity.
Clindamycin is one of the key access group antibacterials on the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines (link provided in the Classification table, under the Summary tab below). The Malaria tab on this ligand page provides additional curator comments of relevance to the Guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY. |
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Structures of the Escherichia coli ribosome with antibiotics bound near the peptidyl transferase center explain spectra of drug action. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 107 (40): 17152-7. [PMID:20876128] |