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.
| 1947 F. 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. 1957 Veterinary 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. 1972 Cancer 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. |