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                                                                Synonyms: GS-2989 | Meclan®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                meclocycline is an approved drug (FDA) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Meclocycline is a tetracycline antibacterial compound. Note that the structure shown here matches the CAS-assigned structure. The PubChem link, provided in the table below, is to their standardized chemical structure (CID 54676539), although this is not an exact structural match.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Summary of Clinical Use ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Meclocycline sulfosalicylate was approved by the US FDA, as a cream for topical application (under the trade name Meclan®), but has since been discontinued. It was used in the treatment of acne vulgaris [1]. | 
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Tetracyclines inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by binding reversibly to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and preventing the aminoacyl tRNA from binding to the acceptor (A) site on the mRNA-ribosome complex (reviewed in [2-3]). |