Each capsule contains 500 mg Cefalexin (as monohydrate).
Each 5 mL of reconstituted suspension contains 250 mg Cefalexin (as monohydrate).
Forexine is a brand of Cefalexin, a first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic having the highest degree of activity against gram-positive bacteria including beta-hemolytic Streptococci, Staphylococci (coagulase-positive, coagulase-negative, and penicillinase-producing strains), Streptococcus (Diplococcus) pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella sp., Neisseria catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae.
In vitro test shows that the cephalosporins are bactericidal because they inhibit cell wall synthesis.