Penicillin G

"Penicillin G" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D010400
MeSH Number(s)	D02.065.589.099.750.750 D02.886.108.750.750 D03.633.100.300.750.750
Concept/Terms	Penicillin G Penicillin G Benzylpenicillin Coliriocilina Coliriocilina Crystapen Crystapen Or-pen Or-pen Parcillin Parcillin Pekamin Pekamin Pengesod Pengesod Penibiot Penibiot Penicilina G Llorente Penicilina G Llorente Penicillin G Jenapharm Penicillin G Jenapharm Penicillin G Potassium Penicillin G Potassium Benzylpenicillin Potassium Penicillin G Sodium Penicillin G Sodium Sodium Penicillin Sodium Benzylpenicillin Penicillin Grünenthal Penicillin Grünenthal Penilevel Penilevel Peniroger Peniroger Pfizerpen Pfizerpen Sodiopen Sodiopen Sodipen Sodipen Unicilina Ursopen Ursopen Van-Pen-G Van-Pen-G Benpen Benpen

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Amides [D02.065]
Lactams [D02.065.589]
beta-Lactams [D02.065.589.099]
Penicillins [D02.065.589.099.750]
Penicillin G [D02.065.589.099.750.750]
Sulfur Compounds [D02.886]
beta-Lactams [D02.886.108]
Penicillins [D02.886.108.750]
Penicillin G [D02.886.108.750.750]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.633.100]
beta-Lactams [D03.633.100.300]
Penicillins [D03.633.100.300.750]
Penicillin G [D03.633.100.300.750.750]

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