Interaction of furazolidone with DNA.

ABSTRACT

DN forms a complex with furazolidone producing thereby a quenching and a bathochromic shift of the drug absorption pattern. The binding isotherm was a non-linear one indicating involvement of more than one binding process in the formation of the furazolidone - DNA complex. The furazolidone - DNA complex inhibited digestion of DNA by DNAase and stabilized DNA against thermal strand separation by a significant degree.