Cefuroxime sodium

Description: Cefuroxime Sodium is the sodium salt form of cefuroxime and a semi-synthetic, broad-spectrum, beta-lactamase resistant, second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Cefuroxime sodium (Cefuroxime sodium salt) inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by inactivating penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) thereby interfering with the final transpeptidation step required for cross-linking of peptidoglycan units which are a component of the cell wall. Lack of cross-linking results in a reduction of cell wall stability and leads to cell lysis. Target: Antibacterial, Antibiotic. Smiles: [Na+].N12[C@@H]([C@@H](C2=O)NC(=O)/C(=N\OC)/c2ccco2)SCC(=C1C(=O)[O-])COC(=O)N. References: Capel-Edwards K, et al. Toxicology. 1979, 13(1):1-5.