Journal of Chemical Research

First synthesis of antitubercular natural product 2-hydroxy-5-(4-hydroxybenzyl) benzaldehyde (Forkienin)

A Singh, ML Sharma, J Singh

Index: Singh, Ashima; Sharma; Singh, Jasvinder Journal of Chemical Research, 2008 , # 3 p. 148 - 149

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most devastating diseases and presents a global health threat of escalating proportions. 1 TB is the second leading infectious cause of mortality today behind only HIV/AIDS. The impetus for developing new structural classes of anti- tuberculosis drugs comes from the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains that are resistant to commonly used drugs. Substantially longer treatment is needed as a result of ...