Isolation, structural elucidation and in vitro activity of 2-acetyl-2-decarboxamido-oxytetracycline against environmental relevant bacteria, including tetracycline-resistant bacteria

Anne Kruse Lykkeberg, Gitte Sengeløv, Claus Cornett, Jette Tjørnelund, Steen Honoré Hansen, Bent Halling-Sørensen

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    Abstract

    2-Acetyl-2-decarboxamido-oxytetracycline (ADOTC) is a major impurity of oxytetracycline (OTC) produced as a side product during fermentation. ADOTC was isolated from OTC and other impurities using preparative HPLC. The preparative column was an Xterra MS, C18 chromatographic column (100 mm x 19 mm i.d., 5 microm), and the mobile phase contained methanol-water (27:73 (v/v)) with 0.08 M formic acid added. The flow rate was 9.0 ml/min. It was possible to isolate few milligram ADOTC in a day. The compound was unambiguously identified using NMR and MS-MS. The anti-microbial activity against activated sludge bacteria was determined giving a potency of only 3% of that of OTC. With tetracycline-resistant bacteria, no anti-microbial activity was observed, indicating a mode of action similar to that of OTC.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
    Volume34
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)559-67
    Number of pages8
    ISSN0731-7085
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

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    Keywords: Animals; Chickens; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Escherichia coli; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Structure; Sewage; Swine; Tetracycline Resistance; Tetracyclines

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