Recent advances in the study of synthesis and activity of vancomycin derivatives.
- Author:
Yu-Yan CHEN
1
;
Gang LIU
Author Information
1. Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
chemical synthesis;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Microbial Sensitivity Tests;
Molecular Structure;
Vancomycin;
analogs & derivatives;
chemical synthesis;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Vancomycin Resistance
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2007;42(5):463-469
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Vancomycin was enlisted as a drug of the last resort for the treatment of resistant gram-positive bacterial infections. However, the emergence of vancomycin-resistant bacteria has created an urgent need for new active analogues of vancomycin. Summing up the last ten years work of this field, the review introduced the antibiotic mechanism of vancomycin and summarized the vancomycin derivatives based on the modifications of vancomycin, dimmer of vancomycin and the vancomycin mimetics. The connection of modified location and function with antibacterial activity was also discussed.
