Claims
- 1. A pharmaceutical composition for treating bacterial infections comprising an effective amount of a penicillin of the formula: ##EQU24## wherein the carbon atom designated by * constitutes a center of chirality; and
- B is phenyl or tolyl;
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salt thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic, inert diluent or carrier.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is in the form of the sodium salt.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(pyrrolid-2-on-1-yl-carbonylamino)-.alpha. -p-tolylmethylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(pyrrolid-2-on-1-yl-carbonylamino)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 5. A method of treating bacterial infections in humans and animals which comprises administering to such human or animal an anti-bacterially effective amount of a penicillin of the formula: ##EQU25## wherein the carbon atom designated by * constitutes a center of chirality; and
- B is phenyl or tolyl;
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic salt thereof.
- 6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the sodium salt of said penicillin is administered.
- 7. The method according to claim 5 wherein said amount is from 2.5 .times. 10.sup.4 to 10 .times. 10.sup.5 units/kg of body weight.
- 8. The method according to claim 5 wherein said penicillin is .alpha.-(pyrrolid-2-on-1-yl-carbonylamino)-.alpha.-p-tolylmethylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
- 9. The method according to claim 5 wherein said penicillin is (-)-.alpha.-(pyrrolid-2-on-1-yl-carbonylamino)-benzylpenicillin or the sodium salt thereof.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS-REFERENCE
This is a divisional of our copending application Ser. No. 426,188 filed Dec. 19, 1973 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,939,149 which in turn is a division of applications Ser. Nos. 145,809, now abandoned and 145,877 filed May 21, 1971, now abandoned.
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Divisions (3)
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426188 |
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145809 |
May 1971 |
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145877 |
May 1971 |
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