CAS: 14600-41-0

Stability Hygroscopic Applications N-Demethyl Lincomycin Hydrochloride is an impurity of Lincomycin (L466200), an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis. Lincomycin is a lincosamide antibiotic that forms cross-links within the peptidyl transferase loop region of the 23S rRNA. Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis. Antibacterial. References Mason, D.J., et al.: Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 555 (1962); Gray, et al.: Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 6, 476 (1964); Muti, H.Y., et al.: Anal. Profiles Drug Subs. Excip., 23, 269 (1994)

N-Demethyl lincomycin hydrochloride is a drug product that is used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. It is an analytical standard for natural lincomycin and an impurity in the synthetic production of lincomycin. N-Demethyl lincomycin hydrochloride is synthesized from the drug product, 4-demethyllincomycin, which is obtained from fermentation of Streptomyces lincolnensis. This drug product has been shown to inhibit bacterial protein synthesis by inhibiting ribosomal protein S12. N-Demethyl lincomycin hydrochloride has a purity greater than 98% and can be used as a high purity HPLC standard or as a pharmacopoeia standard.