Linkomicinijev klorid je bel kristaliničen prah z rahlim ali posebnim vonjem pri sobni temperaturi in grenkim okusom.. Je topen v vodi ali metanolu in se običajno uporablja v obliki hidroklorida v krmi.
Z delovanjem na podenoto 50S občutljivih bakterijskih ribosomov, preprečuje podaljševanje peptidne verige, thus inhibiting the protein synthesis of bacterial cells, and has bacteriostatic effect, but it also has bactericidal effect on highly sensitive bacteria at high concentration.
It has strong antibacterial effect on gram-positive bacteria, some anaerobe and mildew, and its antibacterial spectrum is narrower than that of erythromycin.
Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus and porcine pneumonia moldy body, chicken septicemia moldy body sensitive to this product, but enterococcus is generally resistant to this product.
Lincomycin HCL can be used as antibiotic drug for human and also can be used as veterinary medicine. It is primarily against gram-positive pathogens, and not effective against gram-negative bacteria such as Neisserie gonorrhoeae or Neisseria meningitidis,also used against susceptible strains of streptococci, pneumococci, in stafilokoki, ki jih običajno lahko zdravimo tudi s penicilinom ali eritromicinom.
