chloramphenicol

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001263",
  "term": "chloramphenicol",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "chlornitromycin",
    "chloromycetin",
    "detreomycin",
    "levomycetin",
    "ophthochlor",
    "syntomycin"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "anti-infective agents",
    "nitrobenzenes",
    "thiamphenicol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2011",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cloranfenicol"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/chloramphenicol/"
}