Nalidixic acid
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nalidixic-acid-298-3833031
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Nalidixic acid
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Nalidixic acid is the first of the synthetic quinolone antibiotics. In a technical sense, it is a naphthyridone, not a quinolone: its ring structure is a 1,8-naphthyridine nucleus that contains two nitrogen atoms, unlike quinoline, which has a single nitrogen atom. Synthetic quinolone antibiotics were discovered by George Lesher and coworkers as a byproduct of chloroquine manufacture in the 1960s; nalidixic acid itself was used clinically, starting in 1967. Nalidixic acid is effective primarily
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First of the synthetic quinolone antibiotics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalidixic_acid
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2024-04-06T16:50:13Z
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