Recent Advances in the Development of Newer Antimicrobial Agents
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 13367
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Interests: antimicrobial drug discovery and development; medicinal chemistry; peptides and peptidomimetics; unnatural amino acids; fluorescent probes; peptide nucleic acids; anticancer drug discovery; phenotypic drug discovery; neurodegenerative diseases
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant microbes to clinically approved antimicrobial agents, the discovery and development of novel antimicrobial agents is becoming an imperative need across the globe. As seen in the current COVID-19 crisis, drug-resistant microbial co-infections along with COVID-19 have witnessed higher hospitalization and mortality rate and also presented a big threat to the global healthcare system. Therefore, there is an imperative need to discover and develop novel antimicrobial agents with new mechanisms of action or new targets of action. In this quest, newer chemical methodologies, chemical biology, and other newly developed drug discovery technologies can be used to discover novel antimicrobial agents with different modes of actions to tackle the public health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.
This Special Issue invites researchers across the globe to submit their original research articles, perspectives, and review articles on various aspects of discovery and developments of antimicrobial agents. Review articles by experts in this field are also welcomed to focus on highlights, current status, recent advances, and future perspectives. I believe this Special Issue would be of interest to a wide range of researchers working on addressing the challenges and advancement of antimicrobial agent research.
Dr. Krishna K. Sharma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial agents
- antibacterial agents
- antifungal agents
- antiviral agents
- anti-infective agents
- organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry
- biological activity
- natural products
- biosynthesis
- coating and polymers
- disinfectants
- sterilizing agents
- drug design and computational chemistry
- drug discovery and development
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