Abstract
Summary
Several substituted nitrobenzenes including chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin) show inhibitory activity against the viruses of meningopneumonitis, lymphogranuloma venereum, cat pneumonitis, and mouse pneumonitis. Several nitrofurans were also shown to inhibit the growth of these viruses. The chemotherapeutic activity of these various substances is compared and the relation of chemical constitution to activity discussed. Although chloramphenicol is probably the least toxic of the substances tested, it did not show striking superiority to other nitro-com-pounds in activity against viruses of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group under the conditions of these experiments.
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