3. INTRODUCTION
• Amino sugars joined by glycosidic linkage.
• Derived from soil actinomycetes.
• To cross the cell membrane oxygen requires.
• Anaerobic bacteria are not susceptible.
• Have suffix mycin & micin.
• Show action in alkaline medium.
• First aminoglycoside was streptomycin (wakesman in 1944)
• Have cidal action.
• Inhibit protein synthesis.
• Not absorbed orally given parenterally.
• Eliminated unchanged by kidney.
• Poor BBB penetration.