nitroheterocyclic

adjective

Describing a heterocyclic compound that contains one or more nitro group

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Meanings

adjectivenitroheterocyclic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryDescribing a heterocyclic compound that contains one or more nitro group

    For the last 40 years, the nitroheterocyclic compounds benznidazole and nifurtimox have been the only drugs available to treat Chagas disease ( 4, 5 ).

    2015 May 26, Amanda Fortes Francisco et al., “Limited Ability of Posaconazole To Cure both Acute and Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infections Revealed by Highly Sensitive In Vivo Imaging”, in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, volume 59, →DOI
nounnitroheterocyclic (plural nitroheterocyclics)

plural nitroheterocyclics

  1. Any such heterocycle

Origin

From nitro- + heterocyclic.

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