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                                                                Synonyms: actinospectacin | M-141 | Trobicin® | U-18409 | U-18409E | U18409
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                spectinomycin is an approved drug 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Natural product
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Spectinomycin is an aminocyclitol aminoglycoside bacteriostatic antibacterial. It was isolated from Streptomyces spectabilis. Spectinomycin is active against gram-negative bacteria.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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| Compound class | Natural product | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. | 
| WHO Essential Medicine | WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) (23rd List, 2023). Access PDF version. Click to view more information about the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines.  | 
                                                        
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 1429 | spectinomycin | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| actinospectacin | M-141 | Trobicin® | U-18409 | U-18409E | U18409 | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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| CAS Registry No. | 1695-77-8 (source: PubChem) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:9215 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1167 | 
| DrugBank Target | DB00919 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2468 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 434122187 | 
| PubChem CID | 15541 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | SCM | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | UNFWWIHTNXNPBV-WXKVUWSESA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | UNFWWIHTNXNPBV | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | spectinomycin | 
| Search PubMed titles | spectinomycin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | spectinomycin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | UNFWWIHTNXNPBV-WXKVUWSESA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | UNFWWIHTNXNPBV-WXKVUWSESA-N |