Tetracycline

Tetracycline is an antibiotic discovered as a natural product in 1945.https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fclinids%2F7.5.702 It is a broad-spectrum antibiotic because it works against a range of bacteria. It is made to treat a number of bacterial infections. It is commonly used to treat acne and rosacea. It is a protein synthesis inhibitor.

It is produced naturally by the Streptomyces genus of Actinobacteria. In 1950, Harvard University professor Robert Burns Woodward worked out the chemical structure of the related oxytetracycline (Terramycin). Historically it was important in reducing the number of deaths from cholera. 

Tetracycline was patented in 1953 and was approved for prescription use in 1954. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Tetracycline is available as a generic medication. Tetracycline was originally made from bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. 

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Category:Antibiotics
Category:Amides
Category:Phenols
Category:Ketones
Category:Enols
Category:Amines