ABSTRACT
Kanamycin A belongs to the family of aminoglycoside antibiotics that consists of two or more amino sugars linked by glycosidic bonds to an aminocyclitol ring (Rinehart, 1969). It was isolated in Japan from Streptomyces kanamyceticus (Umezawa et al., 1957). The empirical formula is C18H36N4O11, and the molecular weight is 484.5; the chemical structure of kanamycin A is shown in Figure 51.1. Clinically, kanamycin is used as a sulfate. Chemical structure of kanamycin A. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315152110/08d8042d-9481-4a8d-8c27-9bd589f6de6b/content/fig51_1.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
