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Organic Chemicals > Nitro Compounds > Nitroquinolines > 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide
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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Oxides > Cyclic N-Oxides > 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide

Preferred term

4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 4 Nitroquinoline N oxide
  • 4-Nitroquinoline-N-oxide

Scope note

  • A potent mutagen and carcinogen. This compound and its metabolite 4-HYDROXYAMINOQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE bind to nucleic acids. It inactivates bacteria but not bacteriophage.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under NITROQUINOLINES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015112

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