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pefloxacin
Sign in to saveAlso known as EU-5306, Labocton, PFLX, Pefloxacine, 1589 RB, perfloxacin, Pefloxacinum
Pefloxacin is a quinolone antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Pefloxacin has not been approved for use in the United States.
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Within Vinony's link graph, pefloxacin is referenced by 122 other articles, and connects out to sulfamethazine, fidaxomicin and liver.
Vinony files it under 1,4-di-hydro-7-(1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acids, 4-Methylpiperazin-1-yl compounds and Drugboxes which contain changes to watched fields.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C17H20FN3O3
- Molecular weight
- 333.36 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid
- SMILES
- CCN1C=C(C(=O)C2=CC(=C(C=C21)N3CCN(CC3)C)F)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- FHFYDNQZQSQIAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.3
- Polar surface area
- 64.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 7
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- bacterial disease
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Research
1,570 papers- Pefloxacin clinical pharmacokinetics.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 1994
- [Pefloxacin].La Revue de medecine interne · 1986
- Effect of pefloxacin on microorganism: host cell interaction.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 1990
- Pefloxacin. A review of its antibacterial activity, pharmacokinetic properties and therapeutic use.Drugs · 1989
- Pefloxacin-aminophylline interaction.Drug intelligence & clinical pharmacy · 1985
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 333.149
- Has use
- medication
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- Commons category
- Pefloxacin
- chemical formula
- C₁₇H₂₀FN₃O₃
- canonical SMILES
- CCN1C=C(C(=O)C2=CC(=C(C=C21)N3CCN(CC3)C)F)C(=O)O
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- pefloxacin
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Licensed uses
- Mode of action
- Adverse effects
- References
- External links
Pefloxacin is a quinolone antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Pefloxacin has not been approved for use in the United States.
==History==
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