nitrofurantoin

pharmaceutical drug
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q422669
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nitrofurantoin

Summary

nitrofurantoin is a type of chemical entity[1]. nitrofurantoin ranks in the top 0.98% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,686 views/month, #124 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • nitrofurantoin's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • nitrofurantoin's chemical structure is recorded as Nitrofurantoin.png[4].
  • nitrofurantoin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 67-20-9[5].
  • nitrofurantoin's EC number is recorded as 200-646-5[6].
  • nitrofurantoin's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1C(=O)NC(=O)N1N=CC2=CC=C(O2)N+[O-]N+[O-]">[7].
  • nitrofurantoin's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C8H6N4O5/c13-6-4-11(8(14)10-6)9-3-5-1-2-7(17-5)12(15)16/h1-3H,4H2,(H,10,13,14)/b9-3+[8].
  • nitrofurantoin's InChIKey is recorded as NXFQHRVNIOXGAQ-YCRREMRBSA-N[9].
  • nitrofurantoin's ATC code is recorded as J01XE01[10].
  • nitrofurantoin's chemical formula is recorded as C₈H₆N₄O₅[11].
  • nitrofurantoin's subclass of is recorded as nitrofuran[12].
  • nitrofurantoin's has use is recorded as medication[13].
  • nitrofurantoin's Commons category is recorded as Nitrofurantoin[14].
  • nitrofurantoin's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ନାଇଟ୍ରୋଫୁରାଣ୍ଟଏନ.wav[15].
  • nitrofurantoin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009582[16].
  • nitrofurantoin's has part is recorded as oxygen[17].
  • nitrofurantoin's has part is recorded as carbon[18].
  • nitrofurantoin's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL572[19].
  • nitrofurantoin's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 10917[20].
  • nitrofurantoin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03554j[21].
  • nitrofurantoin's UNII is recorded as 927AH8112L[22].
  • nitrofurantoin's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 4510228[23].
  • nitrofurantoin's PubChem CID is recorded as 6604200[24].
  • nitrofurantoin's KEGG ID is recorded as D00439[25].
  • nitrofurantoin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.640.600.566[26].
  • nitrofurantoin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D03.383.312.649.566[27].

Why It Matters

nitrofurantoin ranks in the top 0.98% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,686 views/month, #124 of 12,596).[2] nitrofurantoin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] nitrofurantoin is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . DrugBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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