benzyl penicillin


pen·i·cil·lin G

a commonly used penicillin compound; it comprises 85% of the penicillin salts: sodium, potassium, aluminum, and procaine, with the latter exerting prolonged action on intramuscular injection, because of limited solubility. An antibiotic obtained from the mold Penicillium chrysogenum used orally and parenterally; primarily active against gram-positive staphylococci and streptococci; destroyed by bacterial β-lactamase. Synonym(s): benzyl penicillin, benzylpenicillin
benzylpenicillinpenicillin G, , benzyl penicillin (ben'zil-pen'i-sil'in) Synonym(s): penicillin G.