Abstract
Bacampicillin (proposed international nonproprietary name), 1′-ethoxycarbonyloxyethyl 6-(d-α-aminophenylacetamido)penicillanate, is a new orally well-absorbed penicillin, highly active in vivo due to rapid transformation into ampicillin. The compound is stable in vitro at gastric pH and hydrolyzed slowly to ampicillin at neutral pH but very rapidly in the presence of biological fluids, e.g., tissue homogenates or serum. In vivo the transformation into ampicillin is so rapid that no unchanged compound could be detected in the blood after oral administration of bacampicillin to rats, dogs, and humans. On oral administration to mice, rats, and dogs, bacampicillin was found to be better absorbed than ampicillin, giving higher and earlier peak blood levels of ampicillin. The bioavailability of bacampicillin in rats and dogs was three to four times higher than that of an equimolar amount of ampicillin. On oral administration to rats, bacampicillin was found to give higher levels of ampicillin in organs such as the kidney, liver, and spleen than ampicillin itself. In “tissue cages” in rats, higher transudate levels of antibiotic were found after oral administration of bacampicillin than after ampicillin. On oral treatment of experimentally infected mice, bacampicillin was found to be more active than ampicillin.
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