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L2906

Sigma-Aldrich

Lomefloxacin hydrochloride

Synonym(s):

1-Ethyl-6,8-difluoro-1,4-dihydro-7-(3-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C17H19F2N3O3 · HCl
CAS Number:
98079-52-8
Molecular Weight:
387.81
MDL number:
MFCD00214312
UNSPSC Code:
51282927
PubChem Substance ID:
24278514
NACRES:
NA.85

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

200

color

white to off-white

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria

Mode of action

DNA synthesis | interferes
enzyme | inhibits

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

Cl.CCN1C=C(C(O)=O)C(=O)c2cc(F)c(N3CCNC(C)C3)c(F)c12

InChI

1S/C17H19F2N3O3.ClH/c1-3-21-8-11(17(24)25)16(23)10-6-12(18)15(13(19)14(10)21)22-5-4-20-9(2)7-22;/h6,8-9,20H,3-5,7H2,1-2H3,(H,24,25);1H

InChI key

KXEBLAPZMOQCKO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Chemical structure: fluoroquinolone

Application

Lomefloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that is commonly used to treat bacterial infections, including bronchitis and urinary tract infections. It is used as a pre-operative prophylactic to prevent urinary tract infection caused by S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. cloacae, P. mirabilis, C. civersus, S. asprphyticus, E. coli, and K. pneumoniae. It is used to induce genomic instability in mice and modification of the kinetics of growth of Gram-negative bacteria.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lomefloxacin is a bactericidal fluoroquinolone agent that is active against gram-negative and gram-positive organisms. Lomefloxacin inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV, which are needed for the transcription and replication of bacterial DNA. DNA gyrase is thought to be the primary quinolone target for gram-negative bacteria. Topoisomerase IV is thought to be the primary target in gram-positive organisms. The inhibition of the topoisomerases results in strand breakage of the bacterial chromosome, supercoiling, and resealing. Therefore, DNA replication and transcription is inhibited.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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H Vahedian-Movahed et al.
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 28(4), 483-502 (2010-12-15)
The interaction between lomefloxacin (LMF) and two drug carrier proteins, human serum albumin (HSA) and serum transferrin (TF), were studied and compared by fluorescence quenching, resonance light scattering (RLS), and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic along with molecular modeling. Fluorescence data
Sabry M Attia
Mutagenesis, 23(6), 515-521 (2008-08-30)
Lomefloxacin is a difluorinated quinolone antibacterial drug. It is widely used against infectious diseases including meningitis, those of the genitourinary and upper respiratory tracts, and skin infections. Lomefloxacin, like other fluoroquinolones, is mutagenic and the formation of reactive oxygen species
Yan-Ni Yi et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 707(1-2), 128-134 (2011-10-27)
A novel method for the simultaneous determination of norfloxacin (NFLX) and lomefloxacin (LFLX) in milk samples was developed by using first derivative synchronous fluorimetry. The synchronous fluorescence (Δλ=160 nm) spectra and first derivative synchronous fluorescence spectra of NFLX, LFLX and
Yiruhan et al.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 158(7), 2350-2358 (2010-05-04)
Four fluoroquinolone antibiotics (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, and enrofloxacin) in tap water in Guangzhou and Macao were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography fluorescence detection. The results showed that all target antibiotics were detected in high rate both in Guangzhou (77.5%)
Yongnian Ni et al.
The Analyst, 134(9), 1840-1847 (2009-08-18)
Three commonly used fluoroquinolone antibiotics (norfloxacin (NFX), ofloxacin (OFX) and lomefloxacin (LMFX)) were used as examples of molecules which can interact with a biomacromolecule, such as DNA, separately or in a mixture. Such interactions were investigated with the use of
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