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Pirlimycin, sold under the brand name Pirsue, is used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle. It is used as the salt pirlimycin hydrochloride and it belongs to the lincosamide class of antimicrobials. __TOC__

Chemical data

Formula
C17H31ClN2O5S
Molecular weight
411 g/mol
IUPAC name
(2S,4R)-N-[(1S,2S)-2-chloro-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methylsulfanyloxan-2-yl]propyl]-4-ethylpiperidine-2-carboxamide
SMILES
CC[C@@H]1CCN[C@@H](C1)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H]2[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O2)SC)O)O)O)[C@H](C)Cl
InChIKey
HBJOXQRURQPDEX-MHXMMLMNSA-N
XLogP
1.7
Polar surface area
136 Ų
H-bond donors
5
H-bond acceptors
7
Formal charge
0

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Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Phase 2
Molecule type
Small molecule

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Wikidata facts

Mass
410.164
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canonical SMILES
CCC1CCNC(C1)C(=O)NC(C2C(C(C(C(O2)SC)O)O)O)C(C)Cl
Commons category
Pirlimycin
isomeric SMILES
CC[C@@H]1CCN[C@@H](C1)C(=O)N[C@@H]([C@@H]2[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O2)SC)O)O)O)[C@H](C)Cl
chemical formula
C₁₇H₃₁ClN₂O₅S
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  • Mechanism of action
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Pirlimycin, sold under the brand name Pirsue, is used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle. It is used as the salt pirlimycin hydrochloride and it belongs to the lincosamide class of antimicrobials. __TOC__

==Activity== Pirlimycin is active against Gram-positive bacteria, specifically Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative species of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. It has no activity against Gram-negative bacteria.

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