Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of radicals obtained from two analogues of the antiprotozoal drug nifurtimox by electrolytic and Trypanosoma cruzi reduction were analyzed. The electrochemistry of these compounds was studied using cyclic voltammetry. STO 3-21G ab initio and INDO molecular orbital calculations were performed to obtain the optimized geometries and spin distribution, respecti...

Thirty-five female Sprague-Dawley weanling rats were fed 5-acetamido-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-6H-l ,2,4-oxadiazine for 37 weeks. All 32 rats surviving 28 weeks or more developed hemangioendothelialsarcomas at one or more sites. These unusual tumors were located in the livers of 31 rats, in the mesentery of 30 rats, and in the lungs of 5 rats. Nine rats developed alveolar carcinomas, and 1 rat develo...

A new antimicrobial nitrofuran designated SQ 18,506 showed some therapeutic activity when administered orally to mice infected with Escherichia coli, Salmonella schottmuelleri, Shigella flexneri, or Klebsiella pneumoniae. Animals infected parenterally with Streptococcus pyogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Candida albicans, or topically with Trichophyton mentagrophytes, ...