Natural and semi-synthetic antibiotics

Other acyclic polyamines and their derivatives; salts thereof

Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections. Desfluoro ciprofloxacin hydrochloride is a fluorinated derivative of ciprofloxacin and is an ultra-fast synthetic compound. It has been shown to be more potent than the parent molecule. This drug is considered to be impure because it contains other chemical compounds, such as isomers and back-pressure products. The particle size distribution of desfluoro ciprofloxacin hydrochloride is usually very broad with diameters ranging from 5 nm to 1 micron. It can be separated by particle size in a phase liquid chromatography column because the particles have different hydrodynamic diameters. Desfluoro ciprofloxacin hydrochloride can also be separated by phase chromatography on an oligosaccharide column, which produces more efficient separation than traditional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Lomefloxacin hydrochloride (Okacyn) is a fluoroquinolone that inhibits DNA replication in bacteria, causing cell death.