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Cefotaxime sodium

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

Cefotaxime sodium salt, Cefotaxim sodium salt

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C16H16N5NaO7S2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
477.45
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5711411
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grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

cefotaxime

manufacturer/tradename

USP

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[Na+].[H][C@]12SCC(COC(C)=O)=C(N1C(=O)[C@H]2NC(=O)C(=N/OC)\c3csc(N)n3)C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C16H17N5O7S2.Na/c1-6(22)28-3-7-4-29-14-10(13(24)21(14)11(7)15(25)26)19-12(23)9(20-27-2)8-5-30-16(17)18-8;/h5,10,14H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H2,17,18)(H,19,23)(H,25,26);/q;+1/p-1/b20-9-;/t10-,14-;/m1./s1

InChI key

AZZMGZXNTDTSME-JUZDKLSSSA-M

General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cefotaxim inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) which inhibits the final transpeptidation step of peptidoglycan synthesis in bacterial cell walls. As a result, bacteria lyse due to cell wall autolytic enzymes.
Mode of Action: Inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis.

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

Other Notes

Broad spectrum third generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
Sales restrictions may apply.


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Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

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Hien Bao Dieu Thai et al.
The Analyst, 140(8), 2804-2809 (2015-02-28)
We described a dual turn-on probe sensitive to both acidity and basicity, which could be designed by connecting a fluorophore to a quencher via metal-ligand interaction. Atto488-labeled nitrilotriacetic acid and polyhistidine peptide were used as the fluorophore and the quencher
R N Jones
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 13(4), 317-327 (1990-07-01)
Cefotaxime is a parenteral broad-spectrum cephalosporin, used extensively worldwide for chemotherapy of serious infections. Since its release in 1979, cefotaxime has also been studied to minimize surgery-related infections and, more than any other new compound, has been used in a
Alje P van Dam et al.
Sexually transmitted infections, 90(7), 513-514 (2014-08-13)
We describe the first case of treatment failure of gonorrhoea with a third generation cephalosporin, cefotaxime 1g intramuscularly, in the Netherlands. The case was from a high-frequency transmitting population (men having sex with men) and was caused by the internationally



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
1097909-500MG04061838690388