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Nitro Compounds

Medical Definition:
Guide Notes:	DF: NITRO CPDS
Previously Indexed:	specific compound containing nitro group (1971-1974)

Nitro Compounds Categories.

	Aristolochic Acids - Nitro-phenanthrenes occurring in ARISTOLOCHIACEAE and other plants. They derive from stephanine (APORPHINE) by oxidative ring cleavage. The nitro group is a reactive alkylator (ALKYLATING AGENTS) that binds to biological macromolecules. Ingestion by humans is associated with nephropathy (NEPHRITIS). There is no relationship to the similar named aristolochene (SESQUITERPENES).
	Dinitrocresols
	Nitrofurans
	Nitroimidazoles
	Nitrophenols
	Nitroquinolines - Quinolines substituted in any position by one or more nitro groups.

Nitro Compounds Medical Definitions and Terms

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