Ionic liquid-based antimicrobial materials for water treatment, air filtration, food packaging and anticorrosion coatings

Z Fallah, EN Zare, MA Khan, S Iftekhar, M Ghomi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efforts to widen the scope of ionic liquids applications across diverse research areas have
flourished in the last two decades with developments in understanding and tailoring their …

Azobenzene as antimicrobial molecules

M Di Martino, L Sessa, M Di Matteo, B Panunzi, S Piotto… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Azo molecules, characterized by the presence of aN= N-double bond, are widely used in
various fields due to their sensitivity to external stimuli, ch as light. The emergence of …

Antimicrobial potential of quaternary phosphonium salt compounds: A review

MK Ibrahim, A Haria, NV Mehta… - Future Medicinal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Given that mitochondrial dysregulation is a biomarker of many cancers, cationic quaternary
phosphonium salt (QPS) conjugation is a widely utilized strategy for anticancer drug design …

Enhancement of antimicrobial response against human pathogens by a novel cationic starch derivative

A Salama, AK Saleh - Starch‐Stärke, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New cationic derivatives of starch are attractive targets for biomedical applications due to
their propensity for electrostatically binding with anionic biomolecules, such as nucleic acids …

The First tetrafluorinated azobenzene-imidazolium ionic conjugates as potential thermotropic liquid crystalline drugs: Self-assembly properties and cytotoxic effects

HF Babamale, BK Khor, NJY Chear, RA Haque… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new series of tetrafluorinated azobenzene-imidazolium ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) of
varying alkyl chain length (n= 10–18 in even parity) in the imidazolium cationic head group …

Azobenzene derivatives with activity against drug‐resistant Candida albicans and Candida auris

M Raschig, B Ramírez‐Zavala, J Wiest… - Archiv der …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing resistance against antimycotic drugs challenges anti‐infective therapies today
and contributes to the mortality of infections by drug‐resistant Candida species and strains …

Metal complexes with thiosemicarbazone derivative and isatine: A promising new class of materials for biomedical and environmental applications

AE Hassan, SAH Albohy, AS Elzaref, AS Elfeky… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal complexes with thiosemicarbazones and isatine have been shown to exhibit a wide
range of biological activities, including antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activity …

Synthesis of Discrete Conjugated Fluorene‐Azo Oligomers for the Investigation of Azobenzene Position‐Dependent Physical Properties and Photoresponsive …

M Liu, X Shi, L Li, J Zhang, Z Huang… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that macromolecular structure, including composition, topology and
sequence, significantly determines the properties of conjugated polymers/oligomers. To …

[PDF][PDF] Synthesis, in vitro and in silico studies of alkylated paracetamol derivatives as potential antibacterial agent

AN Abd Halim, ASM Hussin… - Borneo J. Resour …, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
In the field of drug development, structural modification of over-the-counter drugs is
extensive to combat drugresistant strains as well as discover new purposes or biological …

Suppressive effects of azobenzene-imidazolium ionic conjugates on human cervical adenocarcinoma cells: Effects of alkyl chains and ortho-fluorination

HF Babamale, BK Khor, NJY Chear, WS Yam - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
This is the first report of cytotoxic effects of non-fluorinated and difluorinated azobenzene-
imidazolium ionic conjugates of varying alkyl chain length in the cationic imidazolium head …