Author, as appears in the article.: Cota I; Marturano V; Tylkowski B
Department: Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: COTA, IULIANA MARIA / Tylkowski, Bartosz
Keywords: Schiff base Ln(iii) complexes Complexation theory Antifungal activity Antibacterial activity
Abstract: © 2019 Elsevier B.V. According to World Health Organization (WHO) infectious diseases are spreading faster and emerging more quickly than ever before. Due to the increasing incidents related with new and reemerging infectious diseases, discovery and development of new antimicrobial compounds with diverse structures and action mechanism is urgently needed. The antibacterial effects of lanthanides (Ln) have been studied since the 19th century and have been employed since then with more or less success in treatment of various diseases. This review gathers together all the studies dealing with the antimicrobial activity of Ln(III) complexes published until now. Overall, it was discovered that the antimicrobial activity of the Ln complexes is greater than the activity of the free ligand (L), indicating that the complexation with the Ln enhances the activity of the L. In some cases Ln complexes exhibit antimicrobial activity similar or even better than the activity of standard antimicrobial agents. These results are encouraging, Ln complexes representing a possible alternative to antimicrobial agents used currently.
Thematic Areas: Química Physical and theoretical chemistry Medicina ii Materials chemistry Materiais Interdisciplinar Inorganic chemistry General chemistry Farmacia Engenharias iv Ciências biológicas ii Chemistry, inorganic & nuclear Chemistry (miscellaneous) Chemistry (all) Biotecnología Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 00108545
Author's mail: bartosz.tylkowski@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-4163-0178
Record's date: 2023-07-31
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Papper original source: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 396 49-71
APA: Cota I; Marturano V; Tylkowski B (2019). Ln complexes as double faced agents: Study of antibacterial and antifungal activity. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 396(), 49-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.05.019
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2019
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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