Acids,Clavulanic

《英文msh詞典》Acids,Clavulanic
[入口詞] Acids,Clavulanic
[主題詞] Clavulanic Acids
[藥動學] Enzyme Inhibitors
[英文釋義] 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.