This product has a broad-spectrum antimicrobial effect in vitro, including aerobic Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, anaerobes, Rickettsia, spirochetes and Chlamydia. It has bactericidal effects on the following bacteria: Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis. It only has antibacterial effects on the following bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus viridans, Group B hemolytic Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, Shigella, Bacteroides fragilis and other anaerobic bacteria. The following bacteria are usually resistant to chloramphenicol: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter, Enterobacter, Serratia marcescens, indole-positive Proteus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus and Enterococcus. This product is an antibacterial agent. Chloramphenicol is fat-soluble and enters bacterial cells by diffusion, and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, which blocks the growth of the peptide chain (possibly due to the inhibition of the action of transpeptidase), thereby inhibiting the formation of the peptide chain and preventing protein synthesis.

It has a direct relaxant effect on the smooth muscles of the respiratory tract; partly by inhibiting phosphodiesterase, thereby increasing the intracellular cAMP content; partly as a result of the release of endogenous adrenaline and norepinephrine; as a purine receptor blocker, it can counteract the contractile effect of adenine and other substances on the respiratory tract; it enhances the contractility of the diaphragm and improves respiratory function.

This product can inhibit viral DNA and RNA polymerase, thereby inhibiting viral reproduction. On human embryonic kidney cells, 1% concentration has a significant inhibitory effect on DNA viruses (adenovirus, herpes virus) and RNA viruses (echovirus), and has an inhibitory effect on all stages of the viral proliferation cycle. It has no direct effect on free viral particles.

This product has the function of regulating autonomic nervous system dysfunction and endocrine balance disorders.