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                                                                Synonyms: pyrrolidinylmethyltetracycline | Reverin® | SQ 15,659 | Syntetrin® | Velacycline®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                rolitetracycline is an approved drug (FDA (1959)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Rolitetracycline is a parenterally delivered prodrug of tetracycline, an antibacterial that has activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.   
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                    Note that the structure shown here matches the CAS-assigned structure and is the same as the ChEBI and ChEMBL entries linked to below. There is no exact match in PubChem for the structure shown here.  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1959) | 
| Withdrawn drug? | Yes | 
| Is prodrug? | Yes | 
| Active form | tetracycline | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (4S,4aS,5aS,6S,12aS)-4-(dimethylamino)-3,6,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-N-[(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl]-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydrotetracene-2-carboxamide | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 1041 | rolitetracycline | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| pyrrolidinylmethyltetracycline | Reverin® | SQ 15,659 | Syntetrin® | Velacycline® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Rolitetracycline | 
| Other databases | |
| BindingDB Ligand | 50477463 | 
| CAS Registry No. | 751-97-3 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:63334 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1237046 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB01301 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 2399 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 483123308 | 
| PubChem CID | 54682938 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | HMEYVGGHISAPJR-IAHYZSEUSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | HMEYVGGHISAPJR | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | rolitetracycline | 
| Search PubMed titles | rolitetracycline | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | rolitetracycline | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | HMEYVGGHISAPJR-IAHYZSEUSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | HMEYVGGHISAPJR-IAHYZSEUSA-N | 
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                                                                           Rolitetracycline (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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