Cefalexin
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cefalexin | |||||||
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Uses: | antibiotic drug | ||||||
Properties: | beta-lactam | ||||||
Hazards: | see drug interactions | ||||||
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Cefalexin (cephalexin) is one of the most widely used antibiotic medications. It is a first-generation cephalosporin type of antibiotic drug, that is sold under nearly 100 brand names.
Chemistry
An IUPAC chemical name of cefalexin is (6R,7R)-7-[[(2R)-2-amino-2-phenylacetyl]amino]-3-methyl-8-oxo-5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid. Its chemical formula, C16H17N3O4S, gives it an average molecule mass of 347.3890 gram/mole. Its antibacterial activity is due to the core beta-lactam structure, which bind with penicillin-binding proteins within bacteria, thereby inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis, by an acylation reaction of the lactam with the bacterial proteins.
Brand Names
Alcephin Alexin Alsporin Biocef Carnosporin Cefa-iskia Cefablan Cefadal Cefadin Cefadina Cefaleksin Cefalin Cefaloto Cefaseptin Cefax Ceforal Cefovit Celexin Cepastar Cepexin |
Cephacillin Cephanasten Cephaxin Cephin Cepol Ceporex Ceporex Forte Ceporexin Ceporexin-E Ceporexine Check Cophalexin Durantel Durantel DS Ed A-Ceph Erocetin Factagard Felexin Fexin Ibilex |
Ibrexin Inphalex Kefalospes Keflet Keflex Kefolan Keforal Keftab Kekrinal Kidolex L-Keflex Lafarine Larixin Lenocef Lexibiotico Lonflex Lopilexin Madlexin Mamalexin Mamlexin |
Medoxine Neokef Neolexina Novolexin Nufex Oracef Oriphex Oroxin Ortisporina Ospexin Palitrex Panixine Disperdose Pectril Pyassan Roceph Sanaxin Sartosona Sencephalin Sepexin Servispor |
Sialexin Sinthecillin Sporicef Sporidex Syncl Syncle Synecl Tepaxin Tokiolexin Uphalexin Voxxim Winlex Zozarine |
References
The most up-to-date information about Cefalexin and other drugs can be found at the following sites.
- Cefalexin - FDA approved drug information (drug label) from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
- Cefalexin - Drug information for consumers from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
- Cefalexin - Detailed information from DrugBank.