Novobiocin

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Novobiocin
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-Hydroxy-3-[4-hydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)benzamido]-8-methylcoumarin-7-yl 3-O-carbamoyl-5,5-di-C-methyl-α-l-lyxofuranoside
Identifiers
CAS number 303-81-1
ATC code ?
PubChem 7526
DrugBank APRD00694
Chemical data
Formula C31H36N2O11 
Mol. mass 612.624
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability negligible oral bioavailability
Metabolism excreted unchanged
Half life  ?
Excretion renal
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.

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Legal status

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Routes intravenous

Novobiocin is a coumarin antibiotic used to treat Staphylococcus epidermidis. It acts by inhibiting DNA gyrase, an enzyme that mediates the supercoiling of DNA. DNA gyrase has no mammalian equivalent.

Novobiocin is an aromatic ether compound.