• Source: Nitrofuran

Nitrofurans are a class of drugs typically used as antibiotics or antimicrobials. The defining structural component is a furan ring with a nitro group.




Drugs


Members of this class of drugs include:

Antibacterials (antibiotics)
Difurazone (also known as Nitrovin) — an antibacterial growth promoter used in animal feeds
Furazolidone
Nifurfoline
Nifuroxazide
Nifurquinazol
Nifurtoinol
Nifurzide
Nitrofural (also known as nitrofurazone)
Nitrofurantoin — a drug used to treat urinary tract infections
Ranbezolid — technically an oxazolidinone antibiotic bearing a nitrofuran group
Antimicrobials
Furaltadone — an antiprotozoal
Furazidine — an antibacterial and antiprotozoal
Furaginum — an antibacterial
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.




Regulation


The European Union has banned the use of Nitrofurans in food-producing animals. In the 2000s, a number of meat imports were destroyed after nitrofurans were found, including chicken imported from Portugal, and chicken imported from Thailand and Brazil.




References






External links


Nitrofurans at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rivanol
• Antibiotik
• Hidrogen peroksida
• Natrium hipoklorit
• Kode ATC D08
• Nitrofurantoin
• Triklokarban
• Nifurtimoks
• Triklosan
• Nitrofuran
• Nitrofurantoin
• Furazolidone
• Nitrofurazone
• Nifuroxazide
• Furaltadone
• ATC code J01
• ATC code D08
• Chlorhexidine
• Phenol