(D(-)-threo-2,2-Dichloro-N-[β-hydroxy-α-(hydroxymethyl)-β-(4-nitro-phenyl)ethylacetamide; Chloromycetin) Crystalline
Purity: 99%Determination in serum by HPLC. Description: Inhibitor of translation on the 50S subunit at the peptidyltransferase step. Bacteriostatic (gram-negative bacteria). The mode of resistance is acetylation by chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat gene).