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One of the most promising and vigorously pursued areas of contemporary anti-infective chemotherapy is that of the quinolone antibacterials. Broad spectrum, potent activity is available from a relatively simple molecular nucleus which is amenable to many structural modifications. Unlike antibiotics which originate from a natural source such as a fungi or a mold, the quinolone antibacterials are purely synthetic in origin.
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Dax, S.L. (1997). Quinolone antibacterials. In: Antibacterial Chemotherapeutic Agents. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0097-4_7
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