Description | Potassium benzylpenicillin is also known as Bian penicillin, Bian penicillin G potassium salt, it is white crystalline powder, odorless or slightly specific odor, hygroscopic. Soluble in water, physiological saline, glucose solution. The aqueous solution of it is easy to fail when placed at room temperature, and it will fail rapidly in the presence of acid, alkali, oxidant, etc.Potassium benzylpenicillin has good antibacterial effect on Streptococcus such as Streptococcus hemolyticus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus without penicillinase. |
Chemical Properties | White powder |
Uses | An antibiotic substance produced by Penicillium sp. Antibacterial. |
Uses | Penicillin G potassium salt is used as a cell culture additive as an antibiotics. Use to inhibit the synthesis of bacterial cell walls by inhibition of the cell wall peptidoglycan chain cross-lining. It is the drug of choice for groups A, B, C and G streptococci, nonenterococcal group D streptococci, viridians group streptococci, and non-penicillinase producing staphylococcus. The potassium salt has been used to study murosomes of staphylococci and the penicillin-induced lysis of Streptococcus mutans. |
Uses | Penicillin G is a narrow spectrum antibiotic derived from Streptococcus pneumonia e. It is the drug of choice for groups A, B, C and G streptococci, nonenterococcal group D streptococci, viridians group streptococci, and non-penicillinase producing staphylococcus. The potassium salt has been used to study murosomes of staphylococci and the penicillin-induced lysis of Streptococcus mutans. |
Definition | ChEBI: Organic potassium salt of benzylpenicillin. |
Brand name | Pentids (Apothecon); Pfizerpen (Pfizer). |
General Description | Chemical structure: ?-lactam |
Biochem/physiol Actions | Mode of Action: Penicillin G acts by inhibiting cell wall synthesis through binding to penicillin binding proteins (PBPs), inhibiting peptidoglycan chain cross-linking.Antimicrobial spectrum: This product is active against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. |
Safety Profile | Poison by intracerebral andintravenous routes. Moderately toxic by intraperitonealroute. Mutation data reported. See other penicillin entries.When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes ofNOx and SOx. |