Chemistry in Everyday Life

Chloramphenicol is an

1. antifertility drug
2. antihistaminic
3. antiseptic and disinfectant
4. antibiotic-broad spectrum

Answer

(4) antibiotic-broad spectrum

Solution

As per NCERT, chloramphenicol, isolated in 1947, is a broad spectrum antibiotic; it is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is given orally in typhoid, dysentery, acute fever, some urinary infections, meningitis and pneumonia.

Answer: (4)