why name of most antibiotics ends with in
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They do not end with In. If you observe carefully they actually end with Cin.
Many classes of drugs have similar commonalities. Mycin is part of the antibiotics clindamycin, azithromycin, erythromycin. Most cholesterol drugs end in -statin as in simvastatn, and the class of drugs is commonly referred to as “statin”. Migraine medications often end in -triptan as in zolmitriptan, and the class is referred to as “triptans”.
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Antibiotics which are derived from Penicillium fungi usually ends with "in" as in Penicillin, Griseofulvin, etc. Erythromycin is derived from Streptomyces erythreus, Neomycin from Streptomyces fradiae, Streptomycin from Streptomyces griseus, etc.
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