Nitroxoline

Nitroxoline has several notable applications:

• Medical Use: Primarily used as an antibacterial agent for treating urinary tract infections.
• Anticancer Research: Investigated for its potential use in cancer therapy due to its ability to induce oxidative stress and inhibit tumor cell proliferation.
• Biofilm Treatment: Used in studies aimed at disrupting bacterial biofilms, particularly in chronic infections where biofilms pose a significant barrier to treatment.

Nitroxoline exhibits a broad spectrum of biological activities:

• Antibacterial Activity: It is effective against a variety of pathogens commonly associated with urinary tract infections.
• Anticancer Properties: Recent studies have shown that nitroxoline can inhibit cancer cell proliferation by inducing oxidative stress and inhibiting cathepsin B, an enzyme involved in tumor progression. This suggests potential for repurposing nitroxoline as an anticancer agent.
• Biofilm Disruption: Nitroxoline's ability to chelate metal ions makes it effective at reducing biofilm density in bacterial infections, thus allowing for better penetration of immune cells.

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All products are for research and development use only, not for any other uses, and must be handled by technically-qualified persons.

These products are explicitly not intended to be used in foods and/or cosmetics and/or drugs (human and veterinary) and/or consumer products and/or biocides and/or pesticides of any kind unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Products are not sold to individuals. We do not ship to residential addresses. Consumer orders will be cancelled without notice.

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