Norfloxacin, a nalidixic acid analogue, inhibited streptolysin S (SLS) production when added to young streptococcal culture. DNA synthesis was mainly affected, but increment of cell mass, RNA and protein was also significantly reduced in streptococci treated with norfloxacin. In stationary phase cells and in the washed resting bacteria, the toxin production was resistant to the drug. Pretreatme...

This study was designed to investigate the possible developmental teratogenicity of norfloxacin in rats. Forty pregnant female rats were divided into four equal groups. Group A received norfloxacin in a dose of 500 mg/kg·b·wt/day orally from 6th to 15th day of gestation. Groups B and C received 1000 and 2000 mg/kg·b·wt/day orally for the same period, respectively; Group D behaved as control and...

INTRODUCTION The possible anxiogenic effects of fluoroquinolones, namely ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin, were investigated in adult Charles Foster albino rats of either sex, weighing 150-200 g. METHODS The drugs were given orally, in doses of 50 mg/kg for five consecutive days and the experiments were performed on the fifth day. The tests included open-field exploratory behaviour, elevated plu...

In this approach, a new voltammetric method for determination of norfloxacin was proposed with high sensitivity and wider detection linear range. The used voltammetric sensor was fabricated simply by coating a layer of graphene oxide (GO) and Nafion composited film on glassy carbon electrode. The advantage of proposed method was sensitive electrochemical response for norfloxacin, which was attr...

A double blind, prospective study was undertaken to compare aqueous humour penetration of topical 0.3% norfloxacin and 0.3% ciprofloxacin and their effect upon normal eyelid flora in 39 patients undergoing cataract surgery. Lid swabs were taken before and after six 1 hourly applications of single drops of ciprofloxacin or norfloxacin given before surgery. Aqueous humour was aspirated at surgery...

Norfloxacin, a new quinoline derivative, was studied in vitro, and determinations of agar dilution minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and broth dilution MICs and MBCs were made. Nalidixic acid and cinoxacin were used as comparative agents. Norfloxacin was found to be extremely active against all strains tested of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus mirabilis, indole-positive Proteu...

Two simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric methods for the determination of three fluoroquinolones, namely levofloxacin, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin have been performed either in pure form or in their tablets. In the first method, levofloxacin and norfloxacin are directly treated with bromocresol green (BCG) in dichloromethane while ciprofloxacin is allowed to react with the same dye ...

The mechanisms underlying the bactericidal power of fluoroquinolones against intracellular parasites in host macrophages remain poorly understood. We have analyzed the effect of norfloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, on the production of reactive oxygen intermediates (O(2)(*-) and H(2)O(2)) and NADPH oxidase activity in mouse macrophages. The generation of anion superoxide (O(2)(*-)) was fo...

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of subchronic exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to a fluoroquinolone norfloxacin, using selected oxidative stress parameters as a target. Toxicity tests were performed on zebrafish according to the OECD Guidelines number 203 and number 215. In the Subchronic Toxicity Test, a significant (P < 0.01) increase in the activity of glutathione pero...

Analysis of DNA gyrase supercoiling and of norfloxacin uptake in Escherichia coli GN14176, a moderately norfloxacin-resistant clinical isolate, indicated that resistance was associated with both an altered drug target and a reduction in drug uptake.