Application

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Norfloxacin may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations, biological fluids and sewage using various chromatography techniques.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Norfloxacin blocks DNA replication by interfering with an ATP-induced structural transition of DNA complexed with DNA gyrase (topoisomerase).Mode of action: inhibits bacterial DNA replicationAntimicrobial spectrum: Gram-negative bacteria; less effective against Gram-positive bacteria

General description

Norfloxacin is an antimicrobial drug, belonging to the class of fluoroquinolones (FQs), which shows broad-spectrum activity against a wide range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms.

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