Specification :
Name: Kitasamycin tartrate
Synonyms: Leucomycin tartrate; Leucomycin ( 2R, 3R) -2, 3-dihydroxybutanedioate
CAS No.: 37280-56-1
EINECS: 253-442-3
Molecular Formula: C40H67NO14.C4H6O6
Molecular Weight: 936.06
Character: white to light yellow powder
pH: 3.0^ 5.0
Water: 3.0%
Residue on ignition: 0.15%
Assay: 1409.9 IU/ mg
This product macrolide antibiotics, mechanism and antibacterial spectrum similar to erythromycin, but Gram-positive bacteria have strong antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, diphtheria bacilli, broken cold bacillus anthracis bacillus have effect. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bordetella pertussis and other gram-negative bacteria also have an antibacterial effect. Part of the erythromycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus still Kitasamycin sensitive to Leptospira, Rickettsia, Mycoplasma, also have considerable activity