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Whitetogreyish-whiteoryellowish-white,needle-likecrystalsorelongatedplate
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Streptomycesvenezuela
pH
4.5-7.5
MeltingPoint
149°C-153°C
OpticalRotation
+17.0ºto+20.0º
Chloramphenicolisabacteriostaticantibioticthatinhibitsbacterialproteinsynthesis.
56-75-7
C11H12Cl2N2O5
323.13g/mol
Afterenteringabacterialcell,chloramphenicolbindstothe50Sribosomalsubunitpreventingpeptidebondformation.ResistancetochloramphenicolmaybeduetodecreasedcellpermeABIlityoramutationinthe50Sribosomalsubunit.
2-8°C.Storeprotectedfromlight
2941.40.0000
Chloramphenicolisabroadspectrumantibiotictargetingawidevarietyofgrampositiveandgramnegativebacteriaespeciallythosewhichcausemeningitis.
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Whitetogreyish-whiteoryellowish-white,needle-likecrystalsorelongatedplate
Streptomycesvenezuela
4.5-7.5
149°C-153°C
+17.0ºto+20.0º