tetracycline

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(pharmacology, uncountable) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H24N2O8 produced by streptomyces or synthetically.

(pharmacology, countable) Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.

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In phase 2. * Eravacycline (TP-434): Synthetic tetracycline derivative / protein synthesis inhibitor targeting the ribosome. Source: Internet

Pfizer filed the application for a product and process patent on tetracycline in October 1952, and in March 1953 Cyanamid filed its Boothe-Morton application for a similar patent. Source: Internet

Cyanamid filed its Boothe-Morton application for similar rights in March 1953, while Heyden Chemicals filed its Minieri application in September 1953, named after scientist P. Paul Minieri, to obtain a patent on tetracycline and its fermentation process. Source: Internet

If allergic, as in the case of early disease, doxycycline or tetracycline may be used, albeit for a longer duration. Source: Internet

Others are used in both animals and humans, including penicillin and some forms of tetracycline. Source: Internet

Shortly thereafter, Lloyd Hillyard Conover discovered that another antibiotic, tetracycline, could be produced by the deschlorination of Aureomycin. Source: Internet

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