Florfenicol

Basic information

Product Name: Florfenicol

CAS: 76639-94-6

MF: C12H14Cl2FNO4S

MW: 358.21

EINECS: 620-107-1

Florfenicol applications:

1.Florfenicol is white or milky crystalline powder, odorless, bitter taste. Dissolves in dimethyl formamide easily, can dissolve in methanol, dissolve few in glacial acetic acid and slightly soluble in water or chloroform.

2.Florfenicol's antibiotic principle is similar to the chloramphenicol and Thiamphenicol's. It mainly restrains the combination of the bacterium 70S ribosome and the 50S subunit, controls the peptidyl to shift enzyme, thus restrains the peptide chain's extending, and disturbs the bacterial protein's synthesis. 

3.Florfenicol's antibacterial activity is better than the chloramphenicol and Thiamphenicol's, especially to the bacterium which are resistant to the chloramphenicol and Thiamphenicol. Cure the livestock and aquatic animals'(fish, shrimp, crab, etc.) infectious diseases.