Tiamulin
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Tiamulin is a pleuromutilin
antibiotic
drug that is used in veterinary medicine particularly for pigs and poultry.
Tiamulin is a diterpene
antimicrobial with a pleuromutilin chemical structure similar to that of valnemulin
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Pleuromutilin
Pleuromutilin and its derivatives are antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to the peptidyl transferase component of the 50S subunit of ribosomes....
antibiotic
Antibiotic
An antibacterial is a compound or substance that kills or slows down the growth of bacteria.The term is often used synonymously with the term antibiotic; today, however, with increased knowledge of the causative agents of various infectious diseases, antibiotic has come to denote a broader range of...
drug that is used in veterinary medicine particularly for pigs and poultry.
Tiamulin is a diterpene
Diterpene
Diterpenes are a type of terpenes composed of four isoprene units. They derive from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. Diterpenes form the basis for biologically important compounds such as retinol, retinal, and phytol...
antimicrobial with a pleuromutilin chemical structure similar to that of valnemulin
Valnemulin
Valnemulin is a pleuromutilin antibiotic used to treat swine dysentery, ileitis, colitis and pneumonia. It is also used for the prevention of intestinal infections of swine. Valnemulin has been observed to induce a rapid reduction of clinical symptoms of Mycoplasma bovis infection, and eliminate...
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