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The quinolones, or more strictly the 4-quinolones, are a group of chemically related synthetic antibacterial agents all being carboxylic acids. Despite their name they do not all have a 4-quinolone ring molecular structure; the first to be developed, nalidixic acid, is a naphthyridine carboxylic acid. Only a limited number of the drugs have been studied for use in fish medicine, and among these oxolinic acid, which is a true 4-quinolone, is of particular interest and importance as it was originally developed in Japan specifically for fish.
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Treves-Brown, K.M. (2000). Quinolones and Fluoroquinolones. In: Applied Fish Pharmacology. Aquaculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0761-9_10
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