Open AccessMildred Rebstock: Profile of the Medicinal Chemist Who Synthesized Chloramphenicol
Author(s) -
David M. Aronoff
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00648-19
Subject(s) - chemist , chloramphenicol , chemistry , antibiotics , organic chemistry , biochemistry
This year marks the 70th anniversary since Parke-Davis and Company announced the synthesis of chloramphenicol, the first naturally occurring antibiotic to be chemically generatedin vitro for large-scale production. The effort was led by the chemist Mildred Rebstock, Ph.D., (1919 to 2011), who would turn 100 years old this year.
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