Teicoplanin aglycone is an antibacterial glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including Enterococcus faecalis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Lipid II binder 5107930 is a lipid II binder which causes specific upregulation of the vancomycin-resistance associated gene vraX, which is implicated in the cell wall stress stimulon that confers glycopeptide resistance.
N-Demethylvancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that has been found inNocardia orientalis.1It is active against several strains ofS. aureusandS. epidermidisin vitroandin vivo.2Formulations containing N-demethylvancomycin have been used in the treatment of bacterial infections. 1.Boeck, L.D., Mertz, F.P., Wolter, R.K., et al.N-demethylvancomycin, a novel antibiotic produced by a strain of Nocardia orientalis. Taxonomy and fermentationJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)37(5)446-453(1984) 2.Hunt, A.H., Marconi, G.G., Elzey, T.K., et al.A51568A: N-demethylvancomycinJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)37(8)917-919(1984)
Oritavancin is a novel semisynthetic glycopeptide antibiotics. On August 6, 2014, the FDA approved oritavancin for treatment of skin infections. Oritavancin possesses potent and rapid bactericidal activity in vitro against a broad spectrum of both resistant and susceptible Gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, enterococci, and streptococci.
Ristocetin A, a glycopeptide related to vancomycin, is an antibiotic produced by the microorganism Nocardia lurida[1]. Ristocetin A is currently in clinical use to treat bacterial infections [1]. Ristocetin A is an antibiotic which can be used to treat staphylococcal infections. The side effects of ristocetin A include thrombocytopenia and platelet agglutination. Ristocetin A has been used in two assays: the ristocetin cofactor assay and the ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation assay. These two assays could be used to diagnosis the von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders [2, 3]. The structural features of Ristocetin A are similar to vancomycin.
Parvodicin complex is a mixture of closely related lipophilic glycopeptides originally isolated from A. parvosata. The parvodicin complex has activity against Gram-positive bacteria (MICs = 0.8-12.5 μg ml) including methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus (MRSA), S. hemolyticus, and E. faecalis (MICs = 0.1-25 μg ml). Glycopeptide antibiotics act by preventing cell wall synthesis by binding and sequestering a cell wall precursor with a D-alanine-containing peptide.
Bleomycin Free Base is a complex of related glycopeptide antibiotics from Streptomyces verticillus consisting of bleomycin A2 and B2. It inhibits DNA metabolism and is used as an antineoplastic, especially for solid tumors.