Antibacterial quaternary ammonium agents : Chemical diversity and biological mechanism

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Bacterial infections have seriously threatened public health especially with the increasing resistance and the cliff-like decline of the number of newly approved antibacterial agents. Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) possess potent medicinal properties with 95 successfully marketed drugs, which also have a long history as antibacterial agents. In this review, we summarize the chemical diversity of antibacterial QACs, divided into chain-like and aromatic ring, reported over the past decade (2012 to mid-2022). Additionally, the structure-activity relationships, mainly covering hydrophobicity, charges and skeleton features, are discussed. In the cases where sufficient information is available, antibacterial mechanisms including biofilm, cell membrane, and intracellular targets are presented. It is hoped that this review will provide sufficient information for medicinal chemists to discover the new generation of antibacterial agents based on QACs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:243

Enthalten in:

European journal of medicinal chemistry - 243(2022) vom: 05. Dez., Seite 114765

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dan, Wenjia [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jixiang [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Xiaohui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Junru [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jiangkun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ammonium Compounds
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibacterial
Journal Article
Mechanism
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Quaternary ammonium compounds
Review
Structure-activity relationships

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Date Completed 01.11.2022

Date Revised 01.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114765

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346329582