Erythromycin (glutamate)

Description

Erythromycin glutamate is a macrolide antibiotic produced by actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. Erythromycin glutamate binds to bacterial 50S ribosomal subunits and inhibits RNA-dependent protein synthesis by blockage of transpeptidation and/or translocation reactions, without affecting synthesis of nucleic acid 1 2 . Erythromycin glutamate also exhibits antitumor and neuroprotective effect in different fields of research 3 4 .