NALT

Preferred term

clavulanic acid

Chemical

Clavulanic acid and its salts and esters. The acid is a suicide inhibitor of bacterial beta-lactamase enzymes from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Administered alone, it has only weak antibacterial activity against most organisms, but given in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics prevents antibiotic inactivation by microbial lactamase.

clavulanic acids

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

59561

Spanish

ácido clavulánico

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148711

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Created 10/4/11, last modified 11/30/12