Synonyms: CP-99,219 | Trovan® | Turvel®
trovafloxacin is an approved drug (FDA (1997), EMA (1998))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Trovafloxacin is a 1,8-naphthyridine derivative, structurally related to the fluoroquinolones. It is a type II DNA topoisomerase inhibitor and has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria [1-3]. Note that structure shown here matches the PubChem standardized chemical structure. There are varying representations of its stereochemistry across other databases.
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