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                                                                Synonyms: GS-2876 | methacycline | methylenecycline | Physiomycine® | Rondomycin®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                metacycline is an approved drug (France) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Metacycline is a tetracycline antibacterial compound, derived from oxytetracycline [1]. 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 54675785), although this is not an exact structural match.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. France (0) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (4S,4aR,5S,5aR,12aS)-4-(dimethylamino)-3,5,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methylidene-1,11-dioxo-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydrotetracene-2-carboxamide | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 1330 | metacycline | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| GS-2876 | methacycline | methylenecycline | Physiomycine® | Rondomycin® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| Specialist databases | |
                                                                        Antibiotic DB
                                                                        
                                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                             
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                                                                    Metacycline (Rondomycin) | 
| Other databases | |
| CAS Registry No. | 914-00-1 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:6805 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL249837 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00931 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 1727 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 504705437 | 
| PubChem CID | 54675785 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | MHIGBKBJSQVXNH-IWVLMIASSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | MHIGBKBJSQVXNH | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | metacycline | 
| Search PubMed titles | metacycline | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | metacycline | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | MHIGBKBJSQVXNH-IWVLMIASSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | MHIGBKBJSQVXNH-IWVLMIASSA-N |