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                                                                Synonyms: CP-49,952 | Unasyn®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                sultamicillin is an approved drug (FDA (1986)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Sultamicillin is a prodrug of ampicillin and sulbactam linked as a double ester. This orally bioavailable molecule has similar antibacterial activity and clinical efficacy to that of the parenteral formulation of ampicillin and sulbactam [1].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1986) | 
| Is prodrug? | Yes | 
| Active form | ampicillin, sulbactam | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 5151 | sultamicillin | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| CP-49,952 | Unasyn® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Sultamicillin | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 76497-13-7 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:51770 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL506110 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB12127 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2539 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 479821081 | 
| PubChem CID | 444022 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | OPYGFNJSCUDTBT-PMLPCWDUSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | OPYGFNJSCUDTBT | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | sultamicillin | 
| Search PubMed titles | sultamicillin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | sultamicillin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OPYGFNJSCUDTBT-PMLPCWDUSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OPYGFNJSCUDTBT-PMLPCWDUSA-N | 
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                                                                           Sultamicillin (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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