Levofloxacin

Catalog No.S1940 Batch:S194003

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Technical Data

Formula

C18H20FN3O4
Molecular Weight 361.37 CAS No. 100986-85-4
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 72 mg/mL (199.24 mM)
Water 8 mg/mL (22.13 mM)
Ethanol 2 mg/mL (5.53 mM)
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Levofloxacin (Fluoroquinolone) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic topoisomerase II and topoisomerase IV inhibitor, used to treat respiratory, urinary tract, gastrointestinal, and abdominal infections.
Targets
Topoisomerase II [1] Topoisomerase IV [1]
In vitro Levofloxacin is active against most aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms and demonstrates moderate activity against anaerobes.[1] Levofloxacin is two-fold more active than ciprofloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae and 2- to 4-fold more active than ciprofloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus, Xanthomonas maltophilia, and Bacteroides fragilis. Levofloxacin is two- to eightfold more active than ciprofloxacin against coagulase-negative staphylococci and Acinetobacter spp., although these improvements in potency may not be clinically relevant. Levofloxacin inhibits 90% of streptococci when it is used at concentrations of 1 mg/mL to 2 mg/mL. [2] Levofloxacin exhibits twofold greater inhibitory and bactericidal activities than ofloxacin against either extracellular or intracellular tubercle bacilli. [3] Levofloxacin has the least inhibitory effect on osteoblastic cell growth, with a 50% inhibitory concentration of approximately 80 mg/mL at 48 and 72 hours. Levofloxacin results in strong inhibition of calcium deposition, as determined on day 14 by alizarin red staining and biochemical analysis.[4] Levofloxacin inhibits glycosaminoglycan synthesis initially and DNA synthesis and mitochondrial function secondarily at actual arthropathic concentrations in cultured rabbit chondrocytes but that these changes are reversible and not enough to kill the cells. [5]
In vivo Levofloxacin is as efficacious as or more efficacious than that with ciprofloxacin in systemic as well as pyelonephritis infections in mice. Levofloxacin achieves higher concentrations in the serum and tissue of mice than does ciprofloxacin. [2]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Levofloxacin has been cited by 7 publications

Nano-in-Microparticles for Aerosol Delivery of Antibiotic-Loaded, Fucose-Derivatized, and Macrophage-Targeted Liposomes to Combat Mycobacterial Infections: In Vitro Deposition, Pulmonary Barrier Interactions, and Targeted Delivery [ Adv Healthc Mater, 2022, e2102117] PubMed: 35112802
Effect of intravitreal conbercept injection on VEGF-A and -B levels in the aqueous and vitreous humor of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy [ Exp Ther Med, 2021, 21(4):332] PubMed: 33732305
Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2 [ Mol Cell, 2020, 80(6):1104-1122.e9] PubMed: 33259812
Identification of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Brucella Diaminopimelate Decarboxylase by Using a High-Throughput Screening Assay. [ Front Microbiol, 2020, 10:2936] PubMed: 32038511
Strain-Dependent Variability of Early Discovery Small Molecule Pharmacokinetics in Mice: Does Strain Matter? [ Drug Metab Dispos, 2020, 48(8):613-621] PubMed: 32474442
Dual Inhibition of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Iron Metabolism Using Gallium Porphyrin and Gallium Nitrate. [ ACS Infect Dis, 2019, 5(9):1559-1569] PubMed: 31264851
Accumulation of 8,9-unsaturated sterols drives oligodendrocyte formation and remyelination [Hubler Z, et al. Nature, 2018, 560(7718):372-376] PubMed: 30046109

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