Compound ID | 2682
Class: Antimicrobial peptide
| Agent Type: | Natural product; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive, Gram-negative & Antimycobacterial |
| Mechanism of action: | Unknown |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella paratyphi, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, and Clostridium perfringens, also active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Description: | Natural product from Bacillus circulans (also by Bacillus krzemieniewski); previously described as circulin (1948) but renamed to polypeptin as there is already an existing compound with this name; toxic when administered parenterally |
| Year first mentioned: | 1948 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3084043 |
| Guide to Pharmacology: | polypeptin |
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