Antimicrobial peptides: Promising alternatives in the post feeding antibiotic era

J Wang, X Dou, J Song, Y Lyu, X Zhu… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), critical components of the innate immune system, are widely
distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. They can protect against a broad …

Design and synthesis of hybrid compounds as novel drugs and medicines

AH Alkhzem, TJ Woodman, IS Blagbrough - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of highly effective conjugate chemistry approaches is a way to improve the
quality of drugs and of medicines. The aim of this paper is to highlight and review such …

Alternatives to conventional antibiotics in the era of antimicrobial resistance

C Ghosh, P Sarkar, R Issa, J Haldar - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
As more antibiotics are rendered ineffective by drug-resistant bacteria, focus must be shifted
towards alternative therapies for treating infections. Although several alternatives already …

Discovery of unique thiazolidinone-conjugated coumarins as novel broad spectrum antibacterial agents

XC Yang, PL Zhang, KV Kumar, S Li, RX Geng… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unique coumarin conjugates with thiazolidinone as novel structural antibacterial modulators
were exploited to combat the lethal multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Bioactivity …

Recent progress in polymer research to tackle infections and antimicrobial resistance

MM Konai, B Bhattacharjee, S Ghosh… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Global health is increasingly being threatened by the rapid emergence of drug-resistant
microbes. The ability of these microbes to form biofilms has further exacerbated the scenario …

Coumarin thiazoles as unique structural skeleton of potential antimicrobial agents

XC Yang, CF Hu, PL Zhang, S Li, CS Hu, RX Geng… - Bioorganic …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel type of coumarin thiazoles as unique multi-targeting antimicrobial agents were
developed through four steps including cyclization, nucleophilic substitution and …

Discovery of novel phenylhydrazone-based oxindole-thiolazoles as potent antibacterial agents toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FF Li, WH Zhao, VKR Tangadanchu, JP Meng… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the soaring of bacterial infection and drug resistance, it is imperative to exploit new
efficient antibacterial agents. This work constructed a series of unique phenylhydrazone …

Membrane‐active small molecules: designs inspired by antimicrobial peptides

C Ghosh, J Haldar - ChemMedChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases continue to be one of the major contributors to human morbidity. The
rapid rate at which pathogenic microorganisms have developed resistance against frontline …

An unanticipated discovery towards novel naphthalimide corbelled aminothiazoximes as potential anti-MRSA agents and allosteric modulators for PBP2a

PL Zhang, L Gopala, SL Zhang, GX Cai… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Available therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to conquer multidrug resistance of
MRSA. A visible effort was guided towards the advancement of novel antibacterial …

Design and Synthesis of Sulfanilamide Aminophosphonates as Novel Antibacterial Agents towards Escherichia coli

J Wang, MF Ansari, JM Lin… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Main observation and conclusion The limit ability of traditional antibiotics to treat drug
resistant bacteria calls for new therapeutic alternatives. A class of unique sulfanilamide …