Photoinduced N-demethylation of rufloxacin and its methyl ester under aerobic conditions

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-258

  Belvedere, Alessandra ^a   Boscá, Francisco ^b   Cuquerella, M Consuelo ^b   De Guidi, Guido ^a   Miranda, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RUFLOXACIN; RUFLOXACIN METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; METHYLATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUINOLONES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0036731123     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0252:PNDORA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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