METRONIDAZOLE


Trade Names	FLAGYL FLAGYL ER FLAGYL I.V. RTU IN PLASTIC CONTAINER METRO I.V. METRO I.V. IN PLASTIC CONTAINER METROCREAM METROGEL METROGEL-VAGINAL METROLOTION METROMIDOL METRONIDAZOLE METRONIDAZOLE IN PLASTIC CONTAINER NORITATE NUVESSA PROTOSTAT SATRIC VANDAZOLE
Synonyms	Acea Anabact BAY-5360 BAYER 5360 BAYER-5360 Deflamon Drazifon Elyzol Flagyl Flagyl 375 Flagyl I.V. Rtu In Plastic Container Flagyl compak Flagyl er Flagyl-400 Flagyl-s
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	A01AB17 D06BX01 G01AF01 J01XD01 P01AB01
UNII	140QMO216E
EPA CompTox	DTXSID2020892


InChI Key	VAOCPAMSLUNLGC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	Cc1ncc([N+](=O)[O-])n1CCO
InChI	InChI=1S/C6H9N3O3/c1-5-7-4-6(9(11)12)8(5)2-3-10/h4,10H,2-3H2,1H3

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C6H9N3O3
Molecular Weight	171.16
AlogP	0.09
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	5.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	1.0
Number of Rotational Bond	3.0
Polar Surface Area	81.19
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	1.0
Heavy Atoms	12.0

Mechanism of Action	Action	Reference
DNA inhibitor	INHIBITOR	FDA Wikipedia

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Enzyme Oxidoreductase	-	-	-	-	17
Transporter Electrochemical transporter SLC superfamily of solute carriers SLC21/SLCO family of organic anion transporting polypeptides	-	-	-	-	98.27-102.59

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Cricetulus griseus	-	-	-	-	98.27-102.59
Entamoeba histolytica	-	200-771	-	-	-
Entamoeba histolytica HM-1:IMSS	-	230-770	-	-	-
Giardia intestinalis	-	500-580	-	-	-
Helicobacter pylori	-	-	-	-	20-81.9
Homo sapiens	-	-	-	-	17
Leishmania donovani	-	-	-	-	31.2-68.1
Rattus norvegicus	-	-	-	-	0-66.3
Sporosarcina pasteurii	-	-	-	-	13
Trichomonas vaginalis	794.33-800	68-930	-	-	82.69-100
Trichomonas vaginalis G3	-	216-770	-	-	-

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Countries
Bangladesch
Croatia
Hungary
Romania

Resources	Reference
ChEBI	6909
ChEMBL	CHEMBL137
DrugBank	DB00916
DrugCentral	1790
FDA SRS	140QMO216E
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0015052
Guide to Pharmacology	10914
KEGG	C07203
PDB	2MN
PharmGKB	PA450484
PubChem	4173
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL23042
ZINC	ZINC000000113442

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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