Flufenicol yog ib qho khoom cua monofluoro derivative ntawm methosomycin, uas yog cov xim dawb lossis tawm-dawb crystalline hmoov thiab muaj ntxhiab tsw. Ib nyuag soluble hauv dej thiab chloroform, me ntsis soluble hauv glacial acetic acid, soluble hauv methanol thiab ethanol. Yog tus kab mob chloramphenicol muaj npe kho tshiab rau cov neeg muaj peev xwm pom tau zoo tsim thaum xyoo 1980s.
Nws tau muag thawj zaug hauv Nyij Pooj xyoo 1990. Norway tau pom zoo cov tshuaj rau tus kab mob salmonella hauv xyoo 1993. Xyoo 1995, Fabkis, Lub Tebchaws Askiv, Austria, Mexico thiab Spain tau pom zoo kho cov kab mob ua pa rau kab mob bovine. Nws tseem tau pom zoo tso cai ua zaub mov pub rau npua hauv Nyij Pooj thiab Mexico kom tiv thaiv thiab kho cov kab mob hauv cov npua. Tam sim no Suav tau dhau los pom zoo rau cov tshuaj no.