Novel benzoxazoles: Synthesis and antibacterial, antifungal, and antitubercular activity against antibiotic-resistant and -Sensitive microbes
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences, vol.68 C, no.11-12, pp.453-460, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 68 C Issue: 11-12
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1515/znc-2013-11-1204
- Journal Name: Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.453-460
- Keywords: Antibacterial activity, Antifungal activity, Antitubercular activity, Benzoxazoles
- Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No
Abstract
A new series of 5-(p-substituted benzamido/phenylacetamido)-2-(p-tert-butylphenyl)ben-zoxazole derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial, antifungal, and antimycobacterial activities against antibiotic-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as against Candida albicans and Candida krusei. The compounds possessed broad-spectrum activity against all of the tested Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeasts, their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging between 16-128 μg/ml. One compound exhibited signifi cant antibacterial activity (16 μg/ml) against an antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolate, having twice the potency of the compared standard drugs vancomycin and gentamycin sulfate. The compounds also showed moderate antitu-bercular activity with MIC values between 8-128 μg/ml against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its clinical isolate. © 2013 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, Tübingen.