Compounds having the nitro group, -NO2, attached to carbon. When attached to nitrogen they are nitramines and attached to oxygen they are NITRATES.
Nitroreductases
Enzymes which reduce nitro groups (NITRO COMPOUNDS) and other nitrogenous compounds.
Hydroxylamines
Organic compounds that contain the (-NH2OH) radical.
Nitroblue Tetrazolium
Colorless to yellow dye that is reducible to blue or black formazan crystals by certain cells; formerly used to distinguish between nonbacterial and bacterial diseases, the latter causing neutrophils to reduce the dye; used to confirm diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease.