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Sulfamethoxazole
- Synthetic antibiotic
- Sulfa drug
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Ciprofloxacin
- Synthetic antibiotic
- Fluoroquinolone
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Penicillin
- β-lactam antibiotic
- Inihibts PG cross-linking transpeptidases
- Pneumonia, septicaemia, bronchitis
- Bactericidal
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Cephalosporins
- Antibiotics
- Treatment of bronchitis, pnuemonia, meningitis
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Amoxicillin
- β-lactam antibiotic
- Moderate spectrum
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Amphotericin B
Polyene antibiotic
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Fosfomycin
- Antibiotic
- Inhibits cell wall biosynthesis
- Inhibits pyruvyl transferase
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Bacitracin
- Cyclic peptide antibiotic
- Forms tight complex with Mg2+ and bactoprenol pyrophosphate
- Inhibits regeneration of lipid carrier (so biosynthesis of PG)
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Vancomycin
- Glycopeptide antibiotic
- Binds to pentapeptidyl tails in PG subunit
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Tetracycline
- Antibiotic
- Targeted to the 30s subunit
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Streptomycin
- Antibiotic
- Targeted to the 30s subunit
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Chloramphenicol
- Antibiotic
- Targeted to the 50s subunit
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Aciclovir
- Purine analogue
- Upon activation by viral thymidine kinase, phosphorylated compound inhibits viral DNA polymerase.
- Present in Zovirax creams against herpes simplex infections of the skin and mucous membranes.
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Amantadine
- Blocks the function of M2 ion channel protein involved in nucleocapsid uncoating of influenza virus
- Is used predominantly in prophylaxis, Influenza A infections. Not effective against Influenza B virus
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Artemisinin
- Prodrug of the biologically active metabolite dihydroartemisinin
- Mode of action might be based on the production of oxygenradicals.
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Bevacizumab
anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody
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Chloroquine
- Antimalarial 4-aminoquinoline drug
- inhibits heme polymerisation in food vacuole of Plasmodium
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Cisplatin
Platinum-based drug used to treat various types of cancers
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Clavulanate
- natural product from streptomycete
- ß-lactamase inhibitor
- combination with amoxicillin = augmentin
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Co-trimoxazole
- combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim
- withdrawn - Stevens-Johnson syndrome, severe fatal allergic reaction.
- used in AIDS patients with fungal infections.
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Cyclophosphamide
- nitrogen mustard alkylating agent
- prodrug converted in the liver
- Used in the treatment of lymphomas
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Doxorubicin
- anthracycline antibiotic that intercalates in DNA.
- It is structurally closely related to daunomycin
- often administered by local injection
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Erlotinib
small molecule ligand that inhibits EGFR tyrosine kinase
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Erythromycin
- 14-membered macrolide antibiotic
- binds to 23SrRNA in 50S subunit, blocks the polypeptide exit tunnel.
- second-line drug for patients allergic to penicillin.
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Etoposide
- inhibitor of the enzyme topoisomerase II
- used in the treatment of lung cancer, testicular cancer, lymphoma, and non-lymphocyticleukaemia
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Fansidar
- combination of sulfadoxin and pyrimethamine
- analogous to co-trimoxazole
- Used in the treatment of P.falciparum malaria
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Fluconazole
- triazole antifungal drug
- inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis
- often used in the treatment of athlete’s foot and vaginal candidiasis
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Flutamide
- oral anti-androgen drug primarily used to treat prostate cancer
- competes with testosterone for binding to androgen receptors in the prostate gland
- prevents their stimulation of growth of prostate cancer cells.
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Fusidic acid
- inhibits elongation factor G, and hence movement of the 30S subunit by one codon along the mRNA
- Used against staphylococcal infections
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Goseraline
- Decapeptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone
- results in the down-regulation of testosterone and estrogen production.
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Imatinib
- 2-phenylaminopyrimidine derivative that functions as a specific inhibitor of tyrosine kinase enzymes
- used in treating chronic myeloidleukemia, and gastrointestinal stromal tumours
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Isoniazid
- used in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis
- inhibits the biosynthesis of mycolic acids in the cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Leucovorin
- adjuvant used in cancer chemotherapy involving the drugmethotrexate
- also used in combination with 5-fluorouracil.
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Methicillin
- ß-lactam antibiotics
- inhibits peptidoglycan-crosslinking transpeptidase enzymes by covalent and irreversible binding
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Methotrexate
- antimetabolite and antifolate drug
- acts by inhibiting the metabolism of folic acid
- replaced aminopterin.
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Miconazole
- imidazole antifungal and antiprotozoal drug.
- inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis
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Mitomycin C
- aziridine-containing antibiotic
- alkylates and cross-links DNA, preventing strand separation during DNA replication
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Mitoxantrone
- anthracycline agent used in the treatment of certain types of cancer
- mostly metastatic breast cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, and non-Hodgkin'slymphoma.
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Nevirapine
- anti-HIV drug
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
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Prednisone
- synthetic corticosteroid prodrug that is converted by the liver into prednisolone
- inhibits growth of lymphocytes in leukemias.
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Pyrimethamine
- inhibits dihydrofolate reductase in Plasmodium.
- Analogue ofthe antibiotic trimethoprim
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Rifampin
- binds to β subunit of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibits initiation of RNA synthesis
- often used to treat infections by Mycobacterium.
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Saquinavir
inhibitor of HIV protease
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Sulfadoxin
- sulfa drug that inhibits dihydropteroate synthase in Plasmodium
- Analogue of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole
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Suramin
- For human trypanosomiasis.
- therapeutic index is much higher than that of melarsen.
- might act on glycolytic enzymes
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Tamoxifen
- orally-active oestrogen receptor antagonist
- used in the treatment of breast cancer
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Taxol
- taxanes
- mitoticinhibitor used to treat patients with lung, ovarian, breast cancer, head and neck cancer and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma
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Topotecan
- topoisomerase I inhibitor
- Is used to treat ovarian cancer and lungcancer.
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Trastuzumab
anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody
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Trimethoprim
inhibits dihydrofolate reductase in the biosynthesis of tetrahydrofolate
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Valinomycin
- cyclic peptide antibiotic that binds K+
- and facilitates K+ diffusion across the membrane
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Vinblastine
vinca alkaloid and an anti-mitotic drug used to treat Hodgkin'slymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer and testicular cancer
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Zanamivir
inhibit neuraminidase- plays an essential role in the release of the virion progeny from infected cells, and that assists in the movement of the virus particles through respiratory tract
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Zidovudine
- reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- thymidine analogue.
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