Cefapirin

Cefapirin

Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
MedlinePlus	a601206
Pregnancy cat.	B (US)
Legal status	℞-only (US)
Routes	Intravenous, intramuscular
Identifiers
CAS number	21593-23-7 Y
ATC code	J01DB08 QG51AA05 QJ51DB08
PubChem	CID 30699
DrugBank	DB01139
ChemSpider	28486 Y
UNII	89B59H32VN Y
KEGG	D07636 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:554446 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1599 Y
Chemical data
Formula	C17H17N3O6S2
Mol. mass	423.466 g/mol
SMILES O=C2N1/C(=C(\CS[C@@H]1[C@@H]2NC(=O)CSc3ccncc3)COC(=O)C)C(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C17H17N3O6S2/c1-9(21)26-6-10-7-28-16-13(15(23)20(16)14(10)17(24)25)19-12(22)8-27-11-2-4-18-5-3-11/h2-5,13,16H,6-8H2,1H3,(H,19,22)(H,24,25)/t13-,16-/m1/s1 Y Key:UQLLWWBDSUHNEB-CZUORRHYSA-N Y
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Cefapirin (INN, also spelled cephapirin) is an injectable, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.

It also has a role in veterinary medicine as Metricure, an intrauterine preparation and combined with prednisolone in Mastiplan, an intramammary preparation. Both are licenced in cattle.