Introduction In recent years, the remarkable increase in the number of infections caused by fungal pathogens, especially in immunocompromised people, has stimulated interest in medical mycology in general and in antifungal susceptibility testing in particular. 1,2 In-vitro procedures for determining the activity of drugs against mould and yeast isolates involve clinicians in the choice and moni...

Abstract Ciprofloxacin-Piperazine C-7 linked quinoline derivatives 6a–c and 8a–c were synthesized investigated for their antibacterial, antifungal, anti-proliferative activities. Ciprofloxacin-quinoline-4-yl-1,3,4 oxadiazoles 6a 6b showed promising anticancer activity against SR- leukemia UO-31 renal cancer cell lines. The hybrids compound exhibited noticeable antifungal activities C. Albicans ...

Essential oils (EOs) are important aromatic components of herbs and spices and their biological activities have been known and utilised since ancient times in perfumery, food preservation, flavouring, and medicine. Some of their biological activities include antibacterial, antifungal, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects amongst others. EOs have received attention in recent years as poten...

Five new alkaloids of aaptamine family, compounds (1-5) and three known derivatives (6-8), have been isolated from the South China Sea sponge Aaptos aaptos. The structures of all compounds were unambiguously elucidated by spectroscopic analyses, as well as by comparison with the literature data. Compounds 1-2 are characterized with triazapyrene lactam skeleton, whereas compounds 4-5 share an im...

The hydrodistillated leaf essential oil of Neolitsea parvigemma was analyzed to determine its composition and yield. Sixty-two compounds were identified, the main components being beta-caryophyllene (14.2%), beta-eudesmol (12.9%), alpha-cadinol (10.2%) and tau-cadinol (8.8%). Oxygenated sesquiterpenes (48.9%) and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (48.8%) were the predominant groups of compounds. The a...

A series of 3-Amantadinyl-2-[(4-amino-3-aryl-5-ylthio)-1,2,4-triazolo]methyl)quinazolin-4-one 5(a-i) were prepared by the reaction of 3-Amantadinyl-2-[(4-acetamido-3-aryl-5-ylthio)-1,2,4-triazolo]methyl)quinazolin-4-one 4(a-i) with various 3-aryl-4-acetamido-5-mercapto triazoles. The compounds 5(a-i) biologically evaluated for their antiinflammatory and antibacterial activities.Structures of th...

Traditional methods of species classification and identification of the organism are based on morphological, physiological, biochemical, developmental and nutritional characteristics. Accurate assignment of taxonomic status to the new biologically active microbial isolates through existing bioinformatics methods is now very essential and also helpful in chemical characterization of the active m...

the synthesis of 4-(substituted benzylidene)-2-(pyrazin-2-yl) oxazol-5(4h)-one was achieved in two steps, in first step, pyrazine-2-carboxamide  dissolved in etoh, 10% koh solution with clch2cooh produced compound 2-(pyrazine-2-carboxamido) acetic acid (ii) and in second step, compound (ii) in (ch3co)2o with aromatic aldehyde, and catalyst potassium acetate produced title compounds 4-(substitut...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the anti fungal activity of ethanolic extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra. Glycyrrhiza glabra commonly called as liquorice or sweet root is one of the oldest known herbal remedies famous for its vast variety of therapeutic properties. Ethanolic extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra was tested for antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Aspergillus n...