Sandeep Mewada Pharmacology & Medicinal Chemistry

1. Chlortetracycline
• Chlortetracycline is a tetracycline
antibiotic, the first tetracycline to be
identified.
• It was discovered in 1945 by Benjamin
Minge Duggar .
• Duggar identified the antibiotic as the
product of an actinomycete he
cultured from a soil sample

2. Chlortetracycline

3. Veterinary medicine
• Chlortetracycline is commonly
used to treat conjunctivitis in
cats.
• Chlortetracycline may increase
the neuromuscular blocking
activities of atracurium besilate

4. Adverse effects
•Reduced serum
concentration and
potentially a
decrease in efficacy.