Spectrophotometric Investigations of Macrolide Antibiotics: A Brief Review
Macrolides, one of the most commonly used class of antibiotics, are a group of drugs produced by Streptomyces species. They belong to the polyketide class of natural products. Their activity is due to the presence of a large macrolide lactone ring with deoxy sugar moieties. They are protein synthesi...
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Published in | Analytical Chemistry Insights Vol. 2015; no. 10; pp. 41 - 49 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article Book Review |
Language | English |
Published |
London, England
Libertas Academica
01.01.2015
SAGE Publishing SAGE Publications |
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Summary: | Macrolides, one of the most commonly used class of antibiotics, are a group of drugs produced by Streptomyces species. They belong to the polyketide class of natural products. Their activity is due to the presence of a large macrolide lactone ring with deoxy sugar moieties. They are protein synthesis inhibitors and broad-spectrum antibiotics, active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Different analytical techniques have been reported for the determination of macrolides such as chromatographic methods, flow injection methods, spectrofluorometric methods, spectrophotometric methods, and capillary electrophoresis methods. Among these methods, spectrophotometric methods are sensitive and cost effective for the analysis of various antibiotics in pharmaceutical formulations as well as biological samples. This article reviews different spectrophotometric methods for the determination of macrolide antibiotics. |
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ISSN: | 1177-3901 1177-3901 |
DOI: | 10.4137/ACI.S31857 |