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Chloramphenicol

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Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial and Antitumor Agents

Part of the book series: Antibiotics ((ANTIBIOTICS,volume 3))

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A previous summary of chloramphenicol and its mode of action appeared in Vol I of the Mode of Action of Antibiotics. This review will chiefly concern the mode of action of chloramphenicol as currently understood and will concentrate on the work published since the previous volume. The previous review by Hahn (1967) has provided a summary of the work on chloramphenicol to that date. Other reviews published since that time also may be consulted for additional information (Weisblum and Davies, 1968; Pestka, 1971).

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