Clavulanic Acid |
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| BRL-14151; Clavulanic Acid, Monopotassium Salt; Clavulanic Acid, Monosodium Salt; MM-14151; Potassium Clavulanate; Sodium Clavulanate; Clavulanate, Potassium; Clavulanate, Sodium | |
| Clavulanic acid and its salts and esters. The acid is a suicide inhibitor of bacterial beta-lactamase enzymes from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Administered alone, it has only weak antibacterial activity against most organisms, but given in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics prevents antibiotic inactivation by microbial lactamase. | |