Antibiotic
tetracycline
tet·ra·cy·cline [ te-truh-sahy-kleen, -klin ]
Brand Names:
Pylera; Viabecline; Vitastem
Effect:
Cell Membrane Alteration; Decreased Mitosis; Decreased Protein Synthesis
May Treat:
Acne Vulgaris;
Bartonella Infections;
Borrelia Infections;
Bronchitis;
Campylobacter Infections;
Chancroid;
Chlamydia Infections;
Cholera;
Eye Infections, Bacterial;
Gonorrhea;
Granuloma Inguinale;
Helicobacter Infections;
Mycoplasma Infections;
Psittacosis;
Rickettsia Infections;
Staphylococcal Infections;
Streptococcal Infections;
Syphilis
More Information:
Definitions related to tetracycline:
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A broad-spectrum naphthacene antibiotic produced semisynthetically from chlortetracycline, an antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. In bacteria, tetracycline binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit, interferes with the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A drug used to treat bacterial infections. It stops the growth of bacteria by keeping them from making proteins. Tetracycline also binds to new bone tissue and is being studied as a way to detect bone growth. Tetracycline is a type of antibiotic and a type of bone-labeling agent.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A naphthacene antibiotic that inhibits AMINO ACYL TRNA binding during protein synthesis.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Tetracycline, any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotic compounds that have a common basic structure and are either isolated directly from several species of Streptomyces bacteria or produced semisynthetically from those isolated compounds. Tetracyclines act by interfering with the ability of a...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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