title: Chloramphenicol is an inhibitor of photosynthesis.
abstract: Chloramphenicol inhibited significantly but incompletely photosynthesis in leaf segments of rice. Fluorescence and polarographic experiments indicated that chloramphenicol competes with the CO2 reducing cycle for electrons from photosystem I because it serves as an electron acceptor of photosystem I and its reduction intermediate transfers its electron to molecular oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katoh
mesh_terms: D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D000077194:Chlorophyll A; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D012275:Oryza / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011048:Polarography; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D010100:Oxygen; D000077194:Chlorophyll A