Palladacycles as antimicrobial agents

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3967-3981

  Elgazwy, A S S H ^a   Ismail, N S M ^b   Atta Allah, S R ^a   Sarg, M T ^c   Soliman, D H S ^c   Zaki, M Y ^d   Elgamas, M A ^a,b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b African Union Organization St Abbassia   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial; Anti fungal; Anti mycobacterial; Anti trypanosomal; Antiamoebic; Antiprotozoal; Organopalladium complexes; Palladacycles

Indexed keywords

2 ACETYL PYRIDINE N (4) ETHYL THIOSEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; 2 HYDROXY 8 TRICYCLO [7.3.1.0.2,7]TRIDECANE 13 ONE THIOSEMICARBAZONE; 5 CHLORO 1,3 DIHYDRO 3 [2 (PHENYL) ETHYLIDENE] 2H INDOL 2 ONE HYDRAZINECARBOTHIOAMIDE; 5 CHLORO 1,3 DIHYDRO 3 [2-(PHENYL) ETHYLIDENE] 2H INDOL 2 ONE HYDRAZINECARBOXAMIDE; 5 NITROTHIOPHENE 2 CARBOXALDEHYDE THIOSEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; AMINOBENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BIS(N ARYLSALICYLALDIMINATO)PALLADIUM COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHYLENEDIAMINE N,N' DI 2 PROPANOIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PALLADACYCLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM COMPLEX; PYRAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; SPARFLOXACIN; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE 2 CARBOXALDEHYDE THIOSEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; THIOSEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; TRANS BIS(N ARYLSALICYLALDIMINATO)PALLADIUM COMPLEX; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMEBIASIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHELATING AGENTS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; DRUG DESIGN; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; PALLADIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84865746132     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712802002527     Document Type: Review

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