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Streptomycin, Dihydrostreptomycin, and the Gentamicins

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Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial and Antitumor Agents

Part of the book series: Antibiotics ((ANTIBIOTICS,volume 3))

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Streptomycin was isolated from Streptomyces griseus by SCHATZ et al. in 1944 and was the first nontoxic broad spectrum antibiotic discovered which was also effective against the tubercle bacillus. The chemical structure is N-methyl-L-glucosaminidostreptoside-streptidine and the antibiotic is a highly polar organic base with a large number of hydrophilic and functional groups (Fig. 1).

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Schlessinger, D., Medoff, G. (1975). Streptomycin, Dihydrostreptomycin, and the Gentamicins. In: Corcoran, J.W., Hahn, F.E., Snell, J.F., Arora, K.L. (eds) Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial and Antitumor Agents. Antibiotics, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46304-4_36

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