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
- * Difurazone — an antibacterial growth promoter used in 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
- ** 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