Isepamicin (also Isepamycin) is an

aminoglycoside Aminoglycoside is a medicinal and bacteriologic category of traditional Gram-negative antibacterial medications that inhibit protein synthesis and contain as a portion of the molecule an amino-modified glycoside ( sugar). The term can also refer ...

antibiotic An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting pathogenic bacteria, bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the therapy, ...

. It was patented in 1973 and approved for medical use in 1988. It has been identified by the

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as a Critically Important Antimicrobial for human use.

Synthesis

Gentamicin B 6889-15-3(1) benzyl N- 2S)-3-(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropylarbamate, PC70561099 (2) (3)

References

Aminoglycoside antibiotics {{antibiotic-stub