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Abstract
Clavulanic acid is only a modestly effective antibiotic against bacterial infections in humans, but a potent inhibitor/inactivator of beta-lactamase enzymes that confer bacterial resistance. The biosynthetic pathway to clavulanic acid is considerably more complex than that to the structurally related penicillins and cephalosporins and has revealed several interesting reactions.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12413541 DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(02)00392-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Chem Biol ISSN: 1367-5931 Impact factor: 8.822