Open AccessTHERAPEUTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
Author(s) -
Rajeev Kharb,
Hardeep Kaur
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international research journal of pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-8407
DOI - 10.7897/2230-8407.04311
Subject(s) - quinoline , antimicrobial , pharmacology , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , traditional medicine , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , organic chemistry
Microbial infections are one of the leading diseases which are responsible for millions of deaths every year because of lack of effective antimicrobial therapy and this situation becomes more complicated because of microbial resistance towards conventional antibiotics. Quinoline derivatives have proved their medicinal importance by having broad spectrum of pharmacological activities like antimicrobial, anticancer, antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities etc. This review article deals with the antimicrobial potential of novel quinoline derivatives as an effort to provide better treatment for microbial infections