Lymecycline is a fairly recent broad spectrum tetracycline antibiotic.
As such it has a distinctive
four-ring structure with a side chain, which enhances its solubility and makes it easily absorbed.
In fact the
sidechain consists of the amino acid lysine, linked by a -CH2- methylene group to the amino group at the end of tetracycline.
Click to see/ hide IUPAC name for lymeccycline:
(2S)-6-[[[(Z)-[(4S,4aS,5aS,6S,12aS) -4-(Dimethylamino)-6,10,11,12a-tetrahydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,12-trioxo-4,4a,5,5a-tetrahydrotetracen-2-ylidene]-hydroxymethyl]amino]methylamino]-2-aminohexanoic acid
It is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, including acne.
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