Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Antibacterial Compounds
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 1872
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; antimicrobial resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a significant challenge to future healthcare provision. The pipeline of antibiotics is essentially empty, and very few compounds are even in early-stage clinical trials. The development of novel antimicrobial agents for treating infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens is an urgent priority. The high cost of drug development, coupled with a relatively short window of use to gain a return on investment, has resulted in a waning interest in antibiotic discovery among many pharmaceutical companies. The lack of new chemical scaffolds with antibiotic activity has further compounded the problem, leading to a discovery void. Therefore, it is important to innovate and disseminate information about antimicrobial chemical scaffolds to the wider scientific community. With this in mind, we have launched a Special Issue on the “Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Antimicrobial Compounds” with a submission deadline of June 2023. This Special Issue will focus on primary research articles describing the synthesis and microbiological evaluation of new chemical scaffolds with antimicrobial activities; however, we will also welcome review articles that provide critical analysis of antimicrobial drug discovery efforts and the current state of the field.
Prof. Dr. Khondaker Miraz Rahman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibacterial agents
- antifungal agents
- antibiotics
- antimicrobial resistance
- drug discovery
- medicinal chemistry
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