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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D042462
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Preferred Name

4-Quinolones

Definitions
QUINOLONES containing a 4-oxo (a carbonyl in the para position to the nitrogen). They inhibit the A subunit of DNA GYRASE and are used as antimicrobials. Second generation 4-quinolones are also substituted with a 1-piperazinyl group at the 7-position and a fluorine at the 6-position.
Synonyms
4 Oxoquinoline
4 Oxoquinolines
4-Quinolinones
4-Oxoquinolines
4 Quinolinones
4-Quinolinone
4 Quinolinone
4-Oxoquinoline
4-Quinolone
4 Quinolones
4 Quinolone
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