| A broad-spectrum, semisynthetic aminopenicillin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Amoxicillin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 1A located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity. This interrupts bacterial cell wall synthesis and results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and causes cell lysis. Amoxicillin is from the group Penicillin Antibiotic
Other Names for Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin
AMOX
AMOXICILLIN
Amoxil
Polymox
Trimox
Utimox
Wymox
amoxicillin
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