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O OH
O
N-methyl glucosamine NH NH2
[amino sugar] HO OH
CH3 HO NH
O
OHC
Streptidine
-CH2-OH
[Pharmacophore]
L-Streptose
Dihydro Streptomycin
[neutral sugar]
Streptobiosamine
[Disaccharide]
-Resistance to streptomycin takes the now familiar course of N-acetylation,
O-phosphorylation and O-adenylation of specific functional groups in the
streptomycin molecule
-Streptomycin is useful also against bubonic plague, leprosy, and tularemia.
-hydrophilic nature poorly absorbed from GIT [usually taken I.M.]
-Introduced primarily for treatment of T.B.[ may be due to presence of two
guanido moieties]. But replaced now by other antibiotics as Rifampin.
[ii] Aminoglycosides containing 2-deoxy Streptamine