Applications

Tetracycline is a broad spectrum polyketide antibiotic with clinical uses in treating bacterial infections such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typush fever, tick fevers, Q fever, and Brill-Zinsser disease and to treat upper respiratory infections and acne†. It has been used in studies of multidrug resistance† and potential side effects including acute pancreatitis†. It is recommended for use in cell culture applications at 10 mg/L.