Bioactivity | Sulfamerazine (RP-2632) is a sulfonamide antibacterial. Sulfamerazine, the monomethyl derivative of sulfadiazine, is 2-sulfanilamido-4-methylpyrimidine. Sulfamerazine is a sulfonamide drug that inhibits bacterial synthesis of dihydrofolic acid by competing with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) for binding to dihydropteroate synthesizes[1]. | ||||||||||||
Invitro | Sulfamerazine is bacteriostatic in nature. Inhibition of dihydrofolic acid synthesis decreases the synthesis of bacterial nucleotides and DNA[1]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Sulfamerazine | ||||||||||||
CAS | 127-79-7 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C11H12N4O2S | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 264.30 | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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