U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Divider Arrow National Institutes of Health Divider Arrow NCATS

Details

Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Molecular Formula C16H16FN3O3S
Molecular Weight 349.38
Optical Activity ( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of ULIFLOXACIN

SMILES

CC1SC2=C(C(O)=O)C(=O)C3=C(C=C(N4CCNCC4)C(F)=C3)N12

InChI

InChIKey=SUXQDLLXIBLQHW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C16H16FN3O3S/c1-8-20-11-7-12(19-4-2-18-3-5-19)10(17)6-9(11)14(21)13(16(22)23)15(20)24-8/h6-8,18H,2-5H2,1H3,(H,22,23)

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C16H16FN3O3S
Molecular Weight 349.38
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity ( + / - )

Description
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00679605/document

Prulifloxacin is a prodrug of ulifloxacin which has been approved in Italy, Japan, China, India and Greece, for treatment of infections caused by susceptible bacteria, in the following conditions: acute uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections (simple cystitis); complicated lower urinary tract infections; acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis; gastroenteritis, including infectious diarrheas. Like other fluoroquinolones, prulifloxacin prevents bacterial DNA replication, transcription, repair and recombination through inhibition of bacterial DNA gyrase.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Curative
Unidrox

Approved Use

Unidrox is indicated in the treatment of infections caused by susceptible organisms, in the following conditions: acute uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections (simple cystitis); complicated lower urinary tract infections; acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.
Curative
Unidrox

Approved Use

Unidrox is indicated in the treatment of infections caused by susceptible organisms, in the following conditions: acute uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections (simple cystitis); complicated lower urinary tract infections; acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.
Curative
Quisnon

Approved Use

The treatment of gastroenteritis, including infectious diarrheas.
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.03 μg/mL
300 mg single, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1.4 μg/mL
450 mg single, oral
dose: 450 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1.6 μg/mL
600 mg single, oral
dose: 600 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
0.68 μg/mL
100 mg single, oral
dose: 100 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1.88 μg/mL
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1.09 μg/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
0.81 μg/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
1.41 μg/mL
300 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
5 μg × h/mL
300 mg single, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
6.6 μg × h/mL
450 mg single, oral
dose: 450 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
7.3 μg × h/mL
600 mg single, oral
dose: 600 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
3.99 μg × h/mL
100 mg single, oral
dose: 100 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
9.72 μg × h/mL
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
6.41 μg × h/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
6.13 μg × h/mL
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
9.67 μg × h/mL
300 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
12.1 h
300 mg single, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
10.6 h
450 mg single, oral
dose: 450 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
10.7 h
600 mg single, oral
dose: 600 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
7.72 h
100 mg single, oral
dose: 100 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
7.94 h
400 mg single, oral
dose: 400 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
8.92 h
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
7.44 h
200 mg single, oral
dose: 200 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
8.3 h
300 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
54.8%
300 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 300 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
ULIFLOXACIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Other AEs: Gastric pain, Diarrhoea...
Other AEs:
Gastric pain (9 patients)
Diarrhoea (1 pt)
Dyspepsia (1 pt)
Vomiting (2 patients)
Headache (1 pt)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Diarrhoea 1 pt
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Dyspepsia 1 pt
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Headache 1 pt
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Vomiting 2 patients
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
Gastric pain 9 patients
600 mg 1 times / day steady-state, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: steady-state
Dose: 600 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, ADULT
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Sources:
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
[In vitro synergism of ulifloxacin plus piperacillin/tazobactam against clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum or AmpC-type β-lactamases].
2010-12
[Susceptibility surveillance of clinical isolates to fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents from 2003 to 2008: post-marketing study of prulifloxacin].
2010-06
Human carboxymethylenebutenolidase as a bioactivating hydrolase of olmesartan medoxomil in liver and intestine.
2010-04-16
Effects of prulifloxacin on cardiac repolarization in healthy subjects: a randomized, crossover, double-blind versus placebo, moxifloxacin-controlled study.
2010
Active uptake of ulifloxacin from plasma to lung that controls its concentration in epithelial lining fluid.
2009-06
Prulifloxacin: clinical studies of a broad-spectrum quinolone agent.
2009-02
Penetration of orally administered prulifloxacin into human prostate tissue.
2009
Determination of ulifloxacin, the active metabolite of prulifloxacin, in human plasma by a 96-well format solid-phase extraction and capillary zone electrophoresis.
2008-09-01
Proposal of membrane transport mechanism of protein-unbound ulifloxacin into epithelial lining fluid determined by improved microdialysis.
2008-09
Simultaneous determination of Ciprofloxacin and the active metabolite of Prulifloxacin in aqueous human humor by high-performance liquid chromatography.
2008-07-15
Effects of fluoroquinolones on bacterial adhesion and on preformed biofilm of strains isolated from urinary double J stents.
2008-04
Determination of ulifloxacin by terbium-sensitized fluorescence with second-order scattering and its applications.
2007-12
Transporter-mediated hepatic uptake of ulifloxacin, an active metabolite of a prodrug-type new quinolone antibiotic prulifloxacin, in rats.
2007-10
Involvement of breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2) in the biliary excretion mechanism of fluoroquinolones.
2007-10
Activity of ulifloxacin against clinical hospital isolates.
2007-09
Prulifloxacin: a brief review of its potential in the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.
2007
Penetration of prulifloxacin into gynaecological tissues after single and repeated oral administrations.
2007
Determination of the active metabolite of prulifloxacin in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
2006-03-07
Prulifloxacin: a new antibacterial fluoroquinolone.
2006-02
Pharmacologic characteristics of prulifloxacin.
2006
Prulifloxacin: a new fluoroquinolone for the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.
2006
Synergistic effect of fosfomycin and fluoroquinolones against Pseudomonas aeruginosa growing in a biofilm.
2005-10
Interpretive criteria for disk diffusion susceptibility testing of ulifloxacin, the active metabolite of prulifloxacin.
2005-04
Penetration of orally administered prulifloxacin into human lung tissue.
2005
Prulifloxacin.
2004
Molecular characterization of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones emerging in Italy.
2004
Involvement of multiple transport systems in the disposition of an active metabolite of a prodrug-type new quinolone antibiotic, prulifloxacin.
2003
Therapeutic effect of the quinolone prodrug prulifloxacin against experimental urinary tract infections in mice.
1996-12
Patents

Sample Use Guides

One 600 mg tablet is sufficient. For patients with complicated lower urinary tract infections or acute exacerbation of bronchitis - one 600 mg tablet once daily for up to a maximum of 10 days of treatment
Route of Administration: Oral
Ulifloxacin was highly active against many Enterobacteriaceae, including Italian community or nosocomial isolates including Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus aureus, and Spanish clinical isolates of E. coli (with activity against some nalidixic acid-resistant isolates) and Klebsiella spp. (MIC90 ≤0.015–4.0 mg/L). Ulifloxacin showed good activity against Spanish clinical isolates of ciprofloxacin-susceptible P. aeruginosa (MIC90 1.0 mg/L) and gentamicin resistant P. aeruginosa (MIC90 0.2 mg/L).
Substance Class Chemical
Created
by admin
on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
Edited
by admin
on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
Record UNII
C38638H76Y
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version
  • Download
Name Type Language
ULIFLOXACIN
INN   WHO-DD  
INN  
Official Name English
Ulifloxacin [WHO-DD]
Preferred Name English
ulifloxacin [INN]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C795
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
Code System Code Type Description
PUBCHEM
124225
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
MESH
C074190
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
CAS
112984-60-8
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
ChEMBL
CHEMBL345937
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
NCI_THESAURUS
C76925
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
INN
8346
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
EPA CompTox
DTXSID0057621
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
FDA UNII
C38638H76Y
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
SMS_ID
300000037003
Created by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025 , Edited by admin on Mon Mar 31 18:31:19 GMT 2025
PRIMARY
Related Record Type Details
TARGET ORGANISM->INHIBITOR
ENANTIOMER -> RACEMATE
TARGET ORGANISM->INHIBITOR
TARGET ORGANISM->INHIBITOR
ENANTIOMER -> RACEMATE
TARGET ORGANISM->INHIBITOR
TARGET ORGANISM->INHIBITOR
Related Record Type Details
PRODRUG -> METABOLITE ACTIVE
Related Record Type Details
ACTIVE MOIETY