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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. drugs
  3. anti-infective agents
  4. chloramphenicol

Preferred term

chloramphenicol

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information An antibiotic first isolated from cultures of Streptomyces venequelae in 1947 but now produced synthetically. It has a relatively simple structure and was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic to be discovered. It acts by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis and is mainly bacteriostatic.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2011

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • chlornitromycin
  • chloromycetin
  • detreomycin
  • levomycetin
  • ophthochlor
  • syntomycin

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10195

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