Oligosaccharide-type antibiotic isolated from various Streptomyces. From S. rimosus forma paromomycinus: Frohardt et al., US 2916485 (1959 to Parke, Davis); from S. catenulae: Davisson, Finlay, US 2895876 (1959 to Pfizer); from S. chrestomyceticus: Canevazzi, Scotti, G. Microbiol. 7, 242 (1959); Arcamone et al., ibid. 251. Identity of paromomycin, catenulin, hydroxymycin and aminosidine: Schillings, Schaffner, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1961, 274. Structure: Haskell et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81, 3480, 3482 (1959); Rinehart et al., ibid. 84, 3218 (1962); Hichens, Rinehart, ibid. 85, 1547 (1963). Probable identity with zygomycin A: Horii, J. Antibiot. 15A, 187 (1962). Identity with monomycin A: Konstantinova, Brazhnikova, Antibiotiki 10(1), 34 (1965); with neomycin E: Hessler et al., J. Antibiot. 23, 464 (1970). Toxicity data: A. DiMarco, C. Bertazzoli, Antibiot. Chemother. 11, 2 (1963). Review of antimicrobial activity: G. L. Coffey et al., ibid. 9, 730 (1959). Review of pharmacology: Gasparini, Pignatelli, Veterinaria (Milan) 21, 7 (1972).
Antibacterial; antiamebic.
Antiamebic; Antibacterial (Antibiotics); Aminoglycosides