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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
.
Members of this class of drugs include:
Antibacterials
*
Difurazone
— an
antibacterial
growth promoter
used in the
animal feeds
*
Furazolidone
*
Nifurfoline
*
Nifuroxazide
*
Nifurquinazol
*
Nifurtoinol
*
Nifurzide
*
Nitrofural
*
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
*
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.