Definition: A group of broad-spectrum antibiotics first isolated from the Mediterranean fungus ACREMONIUM. They contain the beta-lactam moiety thia-azabicyclo-octenecarboxylic acid also called 7-aminocephalosporanic acid.
Other names Antibiotics, Cephalosporin; Cephalosporin Antibiotics; Acids, Cephalosporanic; Cephalosporanic Acids
nitrocefin [ Cefinase,glaxo 87-312,nitrocefin, (6R-trans)-isomer,nitrocefin, monosodium salt,nitrocefin, sodium salt, (6R-trans)-isomer ] chromogenic cephalosporin used for detection of beta-lactamase activity; Cefinase is name for nitrocefin on paper disc; RN given refers to (6R-(3(E),6 alpha,7 beta))-isomer; structure for mono-Na salt