Synthesis and antitubercular activity of lipophilic moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin derivatives

MV de Almeida, MF Saraiva, MVN de Souza…

Index: de Almeida, Mauro V.; Saraiva, Mauricio F.; de Souza, Marcus V.N.; da Costa, Cristiane F.; Vicente, Felipe R.C.; Lourenco, Maria C.S. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2007 , vol. 17, # 20 p. 5661 - 5664

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Abstract

Fluoroquinolone (FQ) has a broad spectrum of activity against several bacteria, mycobacteria, parasites, and other diseases. Moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin are a new generation of fluoroquinolone agents with improved activity against Gram-negative and positive bacteria. As lipophilicity is an important consideration in the design and activity of novel antibacterial agents, we report in this work the synthesis and biological evaluation of ...