Chlortetracycline

Products

Chlortetracycline was isolated and marketed in the 1940s as the first active ingredient in the tetracycline group (aureomycin). It is still available today as a veterinary drug in many countries.

Products

Chlortetracycline (C22H23ClN2O8, Mr = 478.9 g/mol) has the same structure as tetracycline except for the chlorine atom.

Effects

Chlortetracycline (ATCvet QJ01AA03) has bacteriostatic properties.

Indications

Antiseptic treatment of wounds, bacterial infectious diseases in animals.