Flumequine is a first generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic commonly used in veterinary medicine for enteric infections. Flumequine is freely soluble in dilute solutions of alkali hydroxides.
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C14H12FNO3
261.25
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics target bacterial DNA gyrase, an enzyme which reduces DNA strain during replication. Because DNA gyrase is required during DNA replication, subsequent DNA synthesis and ultimately cell division is inhibited.
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Flumequine targets primarily gram negative bacteria, especially those which cause enteric infections in animals.
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White Crystalline Powder
Synthetic
Impurity A| (RS)-5-methyl-1-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-benzo[i,j]quinolizine-2-carboxylic acid (defluoroflumequine)|||| Impurity B| ethyl (RS)-9-fluoro-5-methyl-1-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H,5H-benzo[i,j]quinolizine-2-carboxylate (flumequine ethyl ester)||||
253-255°C
-0.1° to +0.1°
(On Dried Basis): 99.0-101.0%
≤0.5%
