Ontology | CARD's Antibiotic Resistance Ontology |
Accession | ARO:3000767 |
Definition | Avoparcin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that is an analog of vancomycin. It was formally used to treat animals, but has since been banned because of its selection for vancomycin-resistant enterococci. |
SMILES | N/A |
PubChem | 16132294 |
ChEBI | 221101 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL2108224 |
Drug Class | glycopeptide antibiotic |
Classification | 2 ontology terms | Show |
Parent Term(s) | 1 ontology terms | Show + glycopeptide antibiotic [Drug Class] |
Sub-Term(s) | 1 ontology terms | Show + acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine targeted_by_antibiotic |
Publications | Cormican MG, et al. 1997. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 29(4): 241-248. Avoparcin, a glycopeptide used in animal foods: antimicrobial spectrum and potency tested against human isolates from the United States. (PMID 9458981) Reynolds PE. 1989. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 8(11): 943-950. Structure, biochemistry and mechanism of action of glycopeptide antibiotics. (PMID 2532132) |
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