Description
Oxolinicacidisafluoroquinoloneantibioticthatisusedinplantsandveterinarymedicine;it’santibacterialefficacystemsfrominhibitionofbacterialDNAgyrase.Whencombinedwithmetalssuchasruthenium,manganese,nickel,orzinc,themetal-oxolinicacidcomplexintercalateswithDNA.Additionally,oxolinicacidmaylowerthethresholdforinductionofseizurethroughactivationofexcitatoryaminoacidreceptors.
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