nitrofurazone

Term ID

CHEBI:44368

Synonyms

• (5-nitro-2-furfurylidenamino)urea
• 1-(5-nitro-2-furfurylidene)semicarbazide
• 2-[(5-nitro-2-furyl)methylene]hydrazinecarboxamide
• 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyde semicarbazone
• 5-nitrofuraldehyde semicarbazide
• 5-nitrofuran-2-carbaldehyde semicarbazone
• 5-nitrofurfural semicarbazone
• Alfucin
• Amifur
• Chemofuran
• Furacillin
• Furacin
• Furacinetten
• Furacoccid
• Furaldon
• Furazol W
• Furesol
• Mammex
• Mastofuran
• Monafuracin
• Nifuzon
• nitrofural
• nitrofuralum

Definition

A semicarbazone resulting from the formal condensation of semicarbazide with 5-nitrofuraldehyde. A broad spectrum antibacterial drug, although with little activity against Pseudomonas species, it is used as a local application for burns, ulcers, wounds and skin infections.

References

• cas:59-87-0
• drugbank:DB00336
• drugcentral:1950
• hmdb:HMDB0014480
• kegg.compound:C08042
• kegg.drug:D00862
• lincs.smallmolecule:LSM-3779
• patent:US2416234
• patent:US2927110
• pdb-ccd:NFZ
• pubmed:14703769
• pubmed:2137394
• pubmed:22355582
• pubmed:2292799
• pubmed:23957951
• reaxys:86403
• wikipedia.en:Nitrofural

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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