Chemistry:Metacycline
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Short description: Chemical compound
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Formula | C22H22N2O8 |
Molar mass | 442.424 g·mol−1 |
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Metacycline or methacycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. It is used as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline hyclate.[citation needed]
It has been found to act as an agonist of the human pregnane X receptor ligand-binding domain and to induce CYP3A4 expression in vitro.[1]
References
- ↑ "Identification of clinically used drugs that activate pregnane X receptors". Drug Metab. Dispos. 39 (1): 151–9. 2011. doi:10.1124/dmd.110.035105. PMID 20966043. PMC 3014269. http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/dmd/39/1/151.full.pdf?with-ds=yes.
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