NALT

Preferred term

chloramphenicol

Chemical

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.

thiamphenicol

chlornitromycin
chloromycetin
detreomycin
levomycetin
ophthochlor
syntomycin

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

8106

Spanish

cloranfenicol

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 2/16/18