Specification :

Name: Kitasamycin tartrate

Synonyms: Leucomycin tartrate; Leucomycin ( 2R, 3R) -2, 3-dihydroxybutanedioate

CAS No.: 37280-56-1

EINECS: 253-442-3

Molecular Formula: C40H67NO14.C4H6O6

Molecular Weight: 936.06

Character: white to light yellow powder

pH: 3.0^ 5.0

Water: 3.0%

Residue on ignition: 0.15%

Assay: 1409.9 IU/ mg

This product macrolide antibiotics, mechanism and antibacterial spectrum similar to erythromycin, but Gram-positive bacteria have strong antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, diphtheria bacilli, broken cold bacillus anthracis bacillus have effect. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bordetella pertussis and other gram-negative bacteria also have an antibacterial effect. Part of the erythromycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus still Kitasamycin sensitive to Leptospira, Rickettsia, Mycoplasma, also have considerable activity