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Investigational Drug Details

Drug ID: D338
Drug Name: Levofloxacin
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Type: small molecule
DrugBank ID: DB01137
DrugBank Description: A synthetic fluoroquinolone (fluoroquinolones) antibacterial agent that inhibits the supercoiling activity of bacterial DNA gyrase, halting DNA replication.
PubChem ID: 149096
CasNo: 100986-85-4
Repositioning for NAFLD: Yes
SMILES: C[C@H]1COC2=C3N1C=C(C(O)=O)C(=O)C3=CC(F)=C2N1CCN(C)CC1
Structure:
InChiKey: GSDSWSVVBLHKDQ-JTQLQIEISA-N
Molecular Weight: 361.3675
DrugBank Targets: DNA gyrase subunit A; DNA topoisomerase 4 subunit A
DrugBank MoA: Levofloxacin inhibits bacterial type II topoisomerases, topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase. Levofloxacin, like other fluoroquinolones, inhibits the A subunits of DNA gyrase, two subunits encoded by the gyrA gene. This results in strand breakage on a bacterial chromosome, supercoiling, and resealing; DNA replication and transcription is inhibited.
DrugBank Pharmacology: Levofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antiinfective, is the optically active L-isomer of ofloxacin. Levofloxacin is used to treat bacterial conjunctivitis, sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonia and pneumonia caused by penicillin-resistant strains of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>, skin and skin structure infections, complicated urinary tract infections and acute pyelonephritis.
DrugBank Indication: For the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by susceptible strains of the following organisms: <i>Corynebacterium</i> species, <i>Staphylococus aureus</i>, <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>, <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>, <i>Streptococcus</i> (Groups C/F/G), Viridans group streptococci, <i>Acinetobacter lwoffii</i>, <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i>, <i>Serratia marcescens</i>.
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