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                                                                Synonyms: Penglobe® | Spectrobid®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                bacampicillin is an approved drug (FDA (1980)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Bacampicillin is a semisynthetic penicillin belonging to the β-lactam group of antibacterial compounds. It is a prodrug that is hydrolysed to ampicillin following absorption from the gastrointestinal tract [1].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1980) | 
| Is prodrug? | Yes | 
| Active form | ampicillin | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 1-ethoxycarbonyloxyethyl (2S,5R,6R)-6-[[(2R)-2-amino-2-phenylacetyl]amino]-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylate | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 3630 | bacampicillin | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Penglobe® | Spectrobid® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Bacampicillin | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 50972-17-3 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:2968 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1583 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01602 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 280 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 479821083 | 
| PubChem CID | 441397 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | PFOLLRNADZZWEX-FFGRCDKISA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | PFOLLRNADZZWEX | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | bacampicillin | 
| Search PubMed titles | bacampicillin | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | bacampicillin | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | PFOLLRNADZZWEX-FFGRCDKISA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | PFOLLRNADZZWEX-FFGRCDKISA-N |