U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
NCBI/NLM/NIH Glossary
- chlortetracycline
- (4S-(4 alpha,4a alpha,5a alpha,6 beta,12a alpha))-7-Chloro-4-dimethylamino-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12,12a-octahydro-3,6,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-2-naphthacenecarboxamide. An antibiotic substance isolated from the substrate of Streptomyces aureofaciens and used as an antibacterial and antiprotozoal agent