2 (Student Presentation) - Classification of Antibiotics based on Chemical Structure

Question 1

Classification of antibiotic based on chemical structure

Answer 1

1. Beta-lactams, macrolides, tetracyclines, quinolones, aminoglycosides, sulphonamides, glycopeptides, oxazolidones

OR

2. Carbohydrate antibiotics, macrocyclic lactone, quinolones and similar antibiotics, amino acid and peptide antibiotics, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic antibiotic, alicyclic antibiotic, aromatic antibiotic, aliphatic antibiotic

Question 2

Example of carbohydrate antibiotics

Answer 2

Streptomycin and Neomycin

Question 3

E.g. of macrocyclic lactone (lactam antibiotics)

Answer 3

Erythromycin and amphotericin

Question 4

E.g. of quinolones

Answer 4

Ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin

Question 5

E.g. of Amino acid peptide antibiotics

Answer 5

Cephalosporins, Bacitracin, Polymyxin, Tetracyclines Pencillins

Question 6

E.g. of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic antibiotics

Answer 6

beta-lactam

Question 7

E.g. of oxygen-containing heterocyclic antibiotics

Answer 7

Cycloserine

Question 8

E.g. of alicyclic antibiotics

Answer 8

Streptovitacins

Question 9

E.g. of aromatic antibiotics

Answer 9

Chloramphenicol, Griseofulvin, Novobiocin

Question 10

E.g. of aliphatic antibiotics

Answer 10

Spermidine