Natural and synthetic compounds with an antimycobacterial activity

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-151

  Rogoza, L N ^a   Salakhutdinov, N F ^a   Tolstikov, G A ^a  

^a N N VOROZHTSOV NOVOSIBIRSK INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial activity; Antituberculosis activity; Cytotoxicity; M. tuberculosis; Multidrug resistance tuberculosis; Structure activity relationships; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTITUBERCULOSIS; ANTITUBERCULOSIS ACTIVITY; M. TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG-RESISTANCE TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70249095997     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157019309788167657     Document Type: Article

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