The Antibacterial Activities of Thiazoles, Substituted Thiazoles and Their Metal Complexes- A Review.

Pathogenic bacterial species cause infectious diseases like tetanus, typhoid fever, diphtheria, syphilis, cholera, food borne allergies, leprosy and tuberculosis and therefore they are major cause of human death and disease. Thiazoles, thiazole like compounds and their derivatives are a group of organic species which shows very good antibacterial activities. In the present article an extensive review is done on antibacterial and antifungal activities of thiazole, substituted thiazole and thiazole like compounds and also Schiff bases of thiazole and substituted thiazoles. It is also observed that upon complexation the antibacterial and antifungal property of the Schiff bases increases many folds.