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Streptomycin is an antibiotic (antimycobacterial) drug the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered and it was the first cure for tuberculosis. It is derived from the actinobacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is a bactericidal antibiotic.

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ATC prefix
A07
ATC suffix
AA04
Bioavailability
84.0
CAS number
57-92-1
ChEBI
17076
DrugBank
DB01082
FDA UNII code
Y45QSO73OB
IUPAC name
-tetrahydrofuran-3-carbaldehyde, 5-(24-diguanidino-, -3-methylamino-tetrahydropyran-2-yl] oxy-3-hydroxy-2-methyl, 356-trihydroxy-cyclohexoxy)- 4-[45-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)
PubChem
19649

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