Compound ID | 2071
Class: Sulfa drug / Sulphonamide
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive & Gram-negative | 
| Details of activity: | Sulphonamides are structural analogues of p-aminobenzoic acid and act as competitive inhibitors (and alternate substrates) of dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) to block the synthesis of folic acid. Primarily bacteriostatic; rapid emergence of resistance. | 
| Description: | Synthetic sufanilamide derivative; long-acting (~7 days). | 
| Year first mentioned: | 1962 | 
| Development status: | Discontinued | 
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5332 | 
| Guide to Pharmacology: | sulfamonomethoxine | 
| Citation: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13919025/ |