Arbekacin

Arbekacin
Clinical data
Trade namesHabekacin
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Routes of
administration
Intramuscular, intravenous
Drug classAminoglycoside antibiotic
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Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Metabolismminimal
ExcretionRenal
Identifiers
  • (2S)-4-Amino-N-[(1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-5-amino-4-[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-(aminomethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4-amino-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-2-hydroxybutanamide
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PDB ligand
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC22H44N6O10
Molar mass552.626 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1C[C@H]([C@H](O[C@@H]1CN)O[C@@H]2[C@H](C[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]2O)O[C@@H]3[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)CO)O)N)O)NC(=O)[C@H](CCN)O)N)N
  • InChI=InChI=1S/C22H44N6O10/c23-4-3-12(30)20(34)28-11-5-10(26)18(37-21-9(25)2-1-8(6-24)35-21)17(33)19(11)38-22-16(32)14(27)15(31)13(7-29)36-22/h8-19,21-22,29-33H,1-7,23-27H2,(H,28,34)/t8-,9+,10-,11+,12-,13+,14-,15+,16+,17-,18+,19-,21+,22+/m0/s1 Y
  • Key:MKKYBZZTJQGVCD-XTCKQBCOSA-N Y
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Arbekacin (INN) is a semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic which was derived from kanamycin. It is primarily used for the treatment of infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Arbekacin was originally synthesized from dibekacin in 1973 by Hamao Umezawa and collaborators. It has been registered and marketed in Japan since 1990 under the trade name Habekacin. Arbekacin is no longer covered by patent and generic versions of the drug are also available under such trade names as Decontasin and Blubatosine.