Glycopeptide Antibiotics

This work describes all known assays used to discover new glycopeptide antibiotics. It discusses practical techniques for screening, isolating and analyzing glycopeptide antibiotics, correlating structure-activity relationships with the mode of action. Every relevant chemical aspect of the carbohydrate components of glycopeptide antibodies is examined.

List of contents

Glycopeptides - Classification, Occurrence and Discovery; Separation Methodology; Approaches to the Synthesis of the Vancomycin Aglycones; Chemistry of Carbohydrate Components; Structure-Activity Relationships of Vancomycin Antibiotics; Vancomycin and Related Glycopeptides - Resistance and Mode of Action; Analytical Quantitation and Characterization; Teicoplanin; Vancomycin - A Clinical Overview.

About the author

Ramakris Nagarajan

Product details

• Assisted by: Ramakris Nagarajan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.1994
• EAN: 9780824791933
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-9193-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > General, dictionaries; MEDICAL / Pharmacology, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical technology, Pharmaceutical chemistry and technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pharmaceutical