We report here a practical and metal-free synthesis of novel enantiopure amides containing the drug-like 5-nitroimidazole scaffold. The first step was a metal-free diastereoselective addition of 4-(4-(chloromethyl)phenyl)-1,2-dimethyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole to enantiomerically pure N-tert-butanesulfinimine. Then, the N-tert-butanesulfinyl-protected amine was easily deprotected under acidic condit...

(a) The following drugs, families of drugs, and substances are prohibited for extralabel animal and human drug uses in food-producing animals. (1) Chloramphenicol; (2) Clenbuterol; (3) Diethylstilbestrol (DES); (4) Dimetridazole; (5) Ipronidazole; (6) Other nitroimidazoles; (7) Furazolidone (except for approved topical use); (8) Nitrofurazone (except for approved topical use); (9) Sulfonamide d...

A new substituted nitroimidazole, nitrimidazine (Naxogin), is compared with the established drug, metronidazole (Flagyl), for the treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis in a randomized double-blind trial. Nitrimidazine cured 39 (68%) out of 57 patients and showed no undesirable effects other than nausea in one patient. Metronidazole cured 51 (89%) out of 57 patients and also caused nausea in one p...

OBJECTIVES To investigate metronidazole resistance and the prevalence of nitroimidazole (nim) genes in clinically isolated anaerobic Gram-positive cocci. METHODS Metronidazole susceptibility was determined in 99 strains of anaerobic Gram-positive cocci and PCR amplification for the nim gene carried out on 61 strains (metronidazole MIC > or =0.5 mg/L). RESULTS The nimB gene was detected in 3...