pneumococcal

Novobiocin Sodium (Albamycinsodium) binds to DNA gyrase and blocks adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity. Novobiocin sodium is an antibiotic compound derived from Streptomyces niveus. It has a chemical structure similar to coumarin.

Novobiocin is an orally active and potent antibiotic.Novobiocin is a DNA gyrase inhibitor and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) antagonist with inhibitory effects on gyrase and Hsp90. Novobiocin has anti-positive activity and can be used to study highly resistant pneumococcal infections.

1. Deoxyshikonin (Arnebin 7) may be a new drug candidate for wound healing and treatment of lymphatic diseases. 2. Deoxyshikonin enhances the ability of human dermal lymphatic microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-dLy) to undergo time-dependent in vitro cord formation. 3. Deoxyshikonin and dodecyl gallate show significantly synergic antimicrobial activity with penicillin in vivo and in vitro, and can effectively reduce nasopharyngeal and lung colonization caused by different penicillin-resistant pneumococcal serotypes.

Pyruvate oxidase (PoxB) is a thiamine pyrophosphate-dependent oxidase, a key enzyme in glucose metabolism, and is used in the study of invasive pneumococcal disease.

Sanggenol A inhibits influenza A viral and pneumococcal neuraminidase, hence functioning as a dual-acting anti-infective agent.