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Benzylpenicillin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000669

A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on gamma-aminobutyric acid mediated synaptic transmission.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000669
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
Synonymsbenzylpenicillin potassium; benzylpenicillin sodium; penicillin G potassium; penicillin G sodium; penicillin G
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2011; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPenicillins; Carbenicillin; Ampicillin
TranslationsSpanish: benzilpenicilina
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000669",
  "term": "Benzylpenicillin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on gamma-aminobutyric acid mediated synaptic transmission.",
  "synonyms": [
    "benzylpenicillin potassium",
    "benzylpenicillin sodium",
    "penicillin G potassium",
    "penicillin G sodium",
    "penicillin G"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "penicillins",
    "carbenicillin",
    "ampicillin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2011",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "benzilpenicilina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/benzylpenicillin/"
}

Record 663 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.