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Synonyms: Aureomycin®
chlortetracycline is an approved drug (FDA (1950))
Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Chlortetracycline is a tetracycline antibacterial, originally isolated from Kitasatospora aureofaciens (formerly Streptomyces aureofaciens), and the first compound from this class to be discovered [3-5]. Note that the structure shown here matches the CAS-assigned structure. The PubChem link, provided in the table below, is to their standardized chemical structure (CID 54675777), although this is not an exact structural match.
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| Bioactivity Comments |
| Chlortetracycline has antibacterial activity in vitro against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, with the exception of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus spp. [4]. |