Nitrofuran
Nitrofural (nitrofurazone)
Nitrofurans are a class of drugs typically used as antibiotics or antimicrobials. The defining structural component is a furan ring with a nitro group.
Members of this class of drugs include:
- Antibacterials (antibiotics)
- Difurazone (also known as Nitrovin) — an antibacterial growth promoter used in the animal feeds
- Furazolidone
- Nifurfoline
- Nifuroxazide
- Nifurquinazol
- Nifurtoinol
- Nifurzide
- Nitrofural (also known as nitrofurazone)
- Nitrofurantoin
- Ranbezolid — technically an oxazolidinone antibiotic bearing a nitrofuran group
- Antimicrobials
- Furaltadone — an antiprotozoal
- Furazidine — an antibacterial and antiprotozoal
- Furylfuramide — a formerly used food preservative
- Nifuratel — an antiprotozoal and antifungal
- Nifurtimox — an antiprotozoal
- FANFT, a potent nitrofuran derivative tumor initiator. It causes bladder tumors in all animals studied and is mutagenic to many bacteria.
External links
- Nitrofurans at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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