Pharmaceutical Raw Powder Oxytetracycline hydrochloride / Oxytetracycline Hcl CAS: 2058-46-0
EINECS: 218-161-2
Molecular Formula:C22H25ClN2O9
CAS: 2058-46-0
Assay: 99%
Molecular Weight: 496.9
HS Code: 29413000
Appearance: Yellow crystalline solid
Package: 25KG/DRUM
Standard: National standard
Density: 1.71 g/cm3
Boiling Point: 839.6 ° C at 760 mmHg
Melting Point: 180
Flash Point: 461.6
Storage Temperature: 0-6
Solubility: >100 g/L in water
Stability: Stable at room temperature in closed containers under normal storage and handling conditions.
Usage: Oxytetracycline HCL is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, active against a wide variety of bacteria. However, some strains of bacteria have developed resistance to this antibiotic, which has reduced its effectiveness for treating some types of infections.
Appliucation:
It is sometimes used to treat spirochaetal infections, clostridial wound infection and anthrax in patients sensitive to penicillin.
Oxytetracycline is used to treat infections of the respiratory and urinary tracts, skin, ear, eye and gonorrhoea, although its use for such purposes has declined in recent years due to large increases in bacterial resistance to this class of drugs. The drug is particularly useful when penicillins and/or macrolides cannot be used due to allergy. It may be used to treat Legionnaire's disease as a substitute for a macrolide or quinolone.
Oxytetracycline is especially valuable in treating nonspecific urethritis, Lyme disease, brucellosis, cholera, typhus, tularaemia. and infections caused by Chlamydia, Mycoplasma' and Rickettsia. Doxycycline is now preferred to oxytetracycline for many of these indications because it has improved pharmacologic features.