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Chloromycetin |
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Chloromycetin, trademark for an antibacterial and anti-rickettsial (chloramphenicol). Chloromycetin, n.pr the brand name for chloramphenicol. See also chloramphenicol. Chloromycetin trademark for preparations of chloramphenicol, a broad-spectrum antibiotic. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| and European pharmaceutical firms routinely told working or vacationing employees to collect soil samples and plants from around the world and bring them back for analysis and drug discovery Chloromycetin, for example, still the standard treatment for typhus, was discovered in a Venezuelan compost heap in 1944. |
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