[Pharmacological approach to control American foulbrood of honeybees].
In this review, I will describe honeybee biology from my prospective as a veterinary pharmacologist and will provide a summary of my research project to search for effective drugs to control American foulbrood, a bacterial disease of honeybees. In conclusion, mirosamicin, a macrolide antibiotic, as a preventive and glutaral, an alkylating agent, as a disinfectant were the most promising drugs.
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Research Institute of Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology, Sagamihara, Japan.
D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001407:Bacillus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001516:Bees / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology; D018942:Macrolides
D000477:Alkylating Agents; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004202:Disinfectants; D018942:Macrolides; C063027:mirosamicin; D005976:Glutaral