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The Natural Products Journal

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ISSN (Print): 2210-3155
ISSN (Online): 2210-3163

Imidazole Containing Natural Products as Antimicrobial Agents: A Review

Author(s): Girish K. Gupta, Vinod Kumar and Kamalneet Kaur

Volume 4, Issue 2, 2014

Page: [73 - 81] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/221031550402141009095725

Price: $65

Abstract

Imidazoles, natural or synthetic constitute an important class of bioactive heterocycles which have been found more effective in the treatment of various infectious and life threatening diseases. They exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities such as anti-diabetic, antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal etc. The purpose of this review is to provide an overall update of the imidazole containing natural products mainly possessing antifungal and antibacterial activities till 2014.

Keywords: Antibacterial agent, antifungal agent, imidazole, natural product.


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