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Cefradine

A first-generation cephalosporin, given by mouth or by injection, in use since the 1970s against respiratory, urinary tract and skin infections. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?Its side chain comes from a Birch reduction, which turns the benzene ring of phenylglycine into a cyclohexadiene; curiously, it has the same molecular formula as ampicillin, a penicillin.

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CefradineActive ingredientCefradineCat. No. P-C098-001CAS 38821-53-3

EDQM standards 4

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceCefradine CRSEDQM code C0690000Family Cefradine

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