Research Progress of New Antimicrobial Drugs
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis antimicrobial; organic chemistry; biological activity; medicinal chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite the large number of antimicrobial drugs available to us, infectious diseases are still a huge problem; this is mainly due to the increasing resistance of microorganisms, the variability of their characteristics, and the ease of acquiring new properties. This fact forces scientists to constantly search for substances with antimicrobial properties that can become drugs. This includes both new compounds with hitherto unknown structures and the modification of known substances, often in use for many years. The potential directions of this search are many; they include the synthesis of analogues of known structures, the synthesis of new derivatives with previously unknown structures, and the derivation of compounds from natural sources, especially plants. Publications of particular interest within our Special Issue include both research and innovative perspectives on various compounds with previously investigated or experimentally demonstrated antimicrobial activity. Of equal importance and interest are publications that aim to determine the molecular mechanisms of action of new compounds with a view to their potential use in the therapy or prevention of infectious diseases; their effects on virulence-related traits and the antibiotic resistance of microorganisms at both the phenotypic and/or molecular level will also be evaluated.
The research results published in our Special Issue will provide scientists working in the broad field of medicinal chemistry with access to sound knowledge and the latest developments in the search for antimicrobial substances. This Special Issue will publish original experimental research and review papers on the discovery and development of new antimicrobial compounds.
Prof. Dr. Monika Wujec
Prof. Dr. Urszula Kosikowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- synthesis of new antimicrobials
- bioactive compounds
- antimicrobial derivatives
- synthetic and natural compounds
- pathogens and opportunistic microbes
- prevention and treatment
- antibiofilm
- discovery of antimicrobials
