Multitarget approaches against multiresistant superbugs

DA Gray, M Wenzel - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite efforts to develop new antibiotics, antibacterial resistance still develops too fast for
drug discovery to keep pace. Often, resistance against a new drug develops even before it …

New carbapenemase inhibitors: clearing the way for the β-lactams

JC Vázquez-Ucha, J Arca-Suárez, G Bou… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem resistance is a major global health problem that seriously compromises the
treatment of infections caused by nosocomial pathogens. Resistance to carbapenems …

Double‐pronged antimicrobial agents based on a donor‐π‐acceptor type aggregation‐induced emission luminogen

Y Wu, J Li, Z Shen, D Wang, R Dong… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Novel antibacterial agents are urgently needed to control the infections induced by multidrug‐
resistant (MDR) bacteria. Herein, we rationally designed and facilely synthesized a new D‐π …

Old and new beta-lactamase inhibitors: molecular structure, mechanism of action, and clinical use

D Carcione, C Siracusa, A Sulejmani, V Leoni, J Intra - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The β-lactams have a central place in the antibacterial armamentarium, but the increasing
resistance to these drugs, especially among Gram-negative bacteria, is becoming one of the …

Pharmaceutical approaches on antimicrobial resistance: prospects and challenges

F Nainu, AD Permana, NJN Djide, QK Anjani… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rapid increase in pathogenic microorganisms with antimicrobial resistant profiles has
become a significant public health problem globally. The management of this issue using …

Impact of novel microbial secondary metabolites on the pharma industry

D Ramírez-Rendon, AK Passari, B Ruiz-Villafán… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Microorganisms are remarkable producers of a wide diversity of natural products that
significantly improve human health and well-being. Currently, these natural products …

Potential of nanoparticles integrated with antibacterial properties in preventing biofilm and antibiotic resistance

M Thambirajoo, M Maarof, Y Lokanathan, H Katas… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology has become an emerging technology in the medical field and is widely
applicable for various clinical applications. The potential use of nanoparticles as …

Antibiotic adjuvants: Synergistic tool to combat multi-drug resistant pathogens

V Kumar, N Yasmeen, A Pandey… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The rise of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens poses a significant challenge to the field of
infectious disease treatment. To overcome this problem, novel strategies are being explored …

Geminal diheteroatomic motifs: some applications of acetals, ketals, and their sulfur and nitrogen homologues in medicinal chemistry and drug design

YJ Wu, NA Meanwell - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Acetals and ketals and their nitrogen and sulfur homologues are often considered to be
unconventional and potentially problematic scaffolding elements or pharmacophores for the …

β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase enzymes inhibitors, part 2: our limited resources

S Alfei, AM Schito - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
β-lactam antibiotics (BLAs) are crucial molecules among antibacterial drugs, but the
increasing emergence of resistance to them, developed by bacteria producing β-lactamase …