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                                                                Synonyms: kanamycin A
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                kanamycin is an approved drug (FDA (1973)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Natural product
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Kanamycin (also known as kanamycin A) is the main fermentation product of Streptomyces kanamyceticus [2]. Additional products have been subsequently identified, including bekanamycin (kanamycin B), kanamycin C (PubChem CID: 439582), kanamycin D (PubChem CID: 10368104) and kanamycin X (PubChem CID: 25202222).  
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                    Kanamycin has activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and belongs to the aminoglycoside class of antibacterial compounds.  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Natural product | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1973) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(aminomethyl)-6-[(1R,2R,3S,4R,6S)-4,6-diamino-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4-amino-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 870 | kanamycin | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| kanamycin A | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Kanamycin | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 59-01-8 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:17630 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1384 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01172 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 1519 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 472319254 | 
| PubChem CID | 6032 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | KAN | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | SBUJHOSQTJFQJX-NOAMYHISSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | SBUJHOSQTJFQJX | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | kanamycin | 
| Search PubMed titles | kanamycin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | kanamycin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | SBUJHOSQTJFQJX-NOAMYHISSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | SBUJHOSQTJFQJX-NOAMYHISSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Kanamycin A | 
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                                                                           Kanamycin (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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