Erythromycin thiocyanate

Erythromycin thiocyanate (CAS 7704-67-8), also marketed as ERYTROVET, is the thiocyanate salt form of the macrolide antibiotic erythromycin.

Where is Erythromycin thiocyanate used?

• Pharmaceutical and biotech: intermediate in synthesis or salt-screening stages of erythromycin-based drug development
• Veterinary medicine: oral and injectable preparations for bacterial infections in livestock and poultry, including respiratory and enteric diseases
• Agricultural feed: antimicrobial feed additive controlling bacterial disease burden in commercial poultry and swine operations
• Research and fermentation processes requiring a stable salt form
• It is effective against gram-positive organisms and select gram-negative pathogens.

Commercial specifications

• Purity typically confirmed by HPLC
• Bulk quantities standard for feed additive and pharmaceutical intermediate procurement
• Smaller research quantities available