Are all drugs with the suffix Mycin or micin aminoglycosides?

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2026-05-18 08:35

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No, not all of them.

  • Actinomycin is a polypeptide antibiotic and has a -mycin suffix
  • Erythomycin and Azithromycin are macrolide antibiotics and have a -mycin suffix
  • Rifamycins are not aminoglycosides and have a -mycin suffix
  • Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic and has a -mycin suffix

Most probably, the suffix -mycin comes form the genus of bacteria from which those drugs were isolated (some modified after isolation); Streptomyces

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