| 释义 |
nitrofurazone Pharm.|naɪtrəʊˈfɜːrəzəʊn|
[f. nitro- + furfuraldehyde + semicarbazone in the chemical name of the compound, 5-nitrofurfuraldehyde semicarbazone.]
A yellow crystalline cyclic compound, C6H6N4O4, which is an antibacterial agent used locally on burns, wounds, and skin infections, and in veterinary medicine.
1947F. K. Oldham et al. Essent. Pharmacol. xxiv. 323 5-nitro 2-furaldehyde semicarbazone (nitrofurazone) has been recently introduced under the name of furacin as a dressing for wounds and chronic ulcers. 1957Veterinary Rec. LXIX. 1415/2 In Great Britain the drug nitrofurazone has been widely used and flocks of domestic poultry very commonly are given this drug continuously as a preventative measure against Eimeria infections. 1972Cancer Research XXXII. 2623/1 Nitrofurazone chemo⁓therapy was usually initiated after both surgery and radiotherapy had failed to arrest the metastatic invasion of testicular cancer to the lungs and its subsequent growth. |