Efficacy of some natural compounds as antifungal agents

Study of Some Benzimidazole Compounds as Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents

There is a clinical need for new treatment option as a result of continued increase in the expression of resistance among bacterial and fungal pathogens. A number of compounds currently in development show promise. However, in some cases, there is concern that resistance may develop quickly to new compounds that are based on existing antimicrobial agents. So it is therefore desirable to develop...

Biological Evaluation of Heterocycle Moiety of Some Novel azoles Derivatives as Antibacterial and Antifungal potential Agents

Background & Objective: Azole nucleuses are very important part of antimicrobial, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. The azole class of compounds is the most popular among the antibacterial and antifungal classes because of its lower toxicity, higher efficacy and a broad spectrum of activity. Today, Efforts have focused on the development of new, less toxic and more efficacious antifungal a...

Evaluation of natural anthracene-derived compounds as antimitotic agents.

Plants that contain anthracene-derived compounds such as anthraquinones have been reported to act as anticancer besides their use for millennia to treat constipation, but the mechanism of action is still unfolding. Therefore we pursue this study to explore a new horizon in the anticancer property of these agents with relevance to mitotic arrest. To achieve this goal, the antimitotic activity of...

Some nitrogen and sulfur containing compounds as chemotherapeutic agents.

Natural Compounds as Therapeutic Agents in the Treatment Cystic Fibrosis.

The recent FDA approval of two drugs to treat the basic defect in cystic fibrosis has given hope to patients and their families battling this devastating disease. Over many years, with heavy financial investment from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, pre-clinical evaluation of thousands of synthetic drugs resulted in the production of Kalydeco and Orkambi. Yet, despite ...