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For ages, humanity has recognized that Nature can provide biologically active concoctions, extracts and substances that are effective in the treatment of a variety of disorders and diseases. Probably no other area of pharmaceutical science has benefited more from this phenomenon than that of infectious disease chemotherapy. The screening of naturally occurring sources in search of novel antibacterial substances became a firmly established practice following the successful saga of the penicillins. By the 1930s and 1940s, the technology had evolved to allow even crude fermentation mixtures to be assayed for antibacterial properties.
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Dax, S.L. (1997). Tetracycline Antibiotics. In: Antibacterial Chemotherapeutic Agents. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0097-4_4
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