sodium nitrofurantoin

Nitrofurantoin Sodium is a sodium salt form of nitrofurantoin, a synthetic derivative of imidazolidinedione (hydantoin) that inhibits bacterial DNA, RNA, and cell wall protein synthesis.

Nitrofurantoin (Furadantine), an antibiotic, inhibits bacterial DNA, RNA, and cell wall protein synthesis. Activated by bacterial flavoproteins to intermediates that inactivate bacterial ribosomal proteins, Nitrofurantoin is used prophylactically as a urinary anti-infective agent against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms and for long-term suppression of infections.

Nitrofurantoin-13C3is intended for use as an internal standard for the quantification of nitrofurantoin by GC- or LC-MS. Nitrofurantoin is a nitrofuran antibiotic.1In vivo, nitrofurantoin (25-100 mg/kg) reducesE. colireplication and abscess formation in the renal medulla of infected rats in a dose-dependent manner. It prevents kidney and bladder infection in rats following bladder inoculation with clinical isolates ofP. mirabilis. Nitrofurantoin also prevents alkalization of urine, as well as calculi and abscess formation, in a rat model ofP. vulgarisurinary tract infection.2Formulations containing nitrofurantoin have been used to treat urinary tract infections. 1.Rocha, H., Da Silva Teles, E., and Barros, M.Site of action of nitrofurantoin in experimental urinary tract infectionAppl. Microbiol.18(4)547-549(1969) 2.Hossack, D.J.N.Proteus vulgaris urinary tract infections in rats; treatment with nitrofuran derivativesBr. J. Pharmacol. Chemother.19(2)306-312(1962)