4 (3H)-Quinazolinone derivatives: Promising antibacterial drug leads

S Gatadi, TV Lakshmi, S Nanduri - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Emergence of drug resistance has created unmet medical need for the development of new
classes of antibiotics. Discovery of new antibacterial agents with new mode of action …

β-Lactams against the Fortress of the Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium

JF Fisher, S Mobashery - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biological diversity of the unicellular bacteria—whether assessed by shape, food,
metabolism, or ecological niche—surely rivals (if not exceeds) that of the multicellular …

Identification of unique quinazolone thiazoles as novel structural scaffolds for potential gram-negative bacterial conquerors

J Wang, MF Ansari, CH Zhou - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
A class of quinazolone thiazoles was identified as new structural scaffolds for potential
antibacterial conquerors to tackle dreadful resistance. Some prepared compounds exhibited …

Penicillin binding protein 2a: An overview and a medicinal chemistry perspective

MAW Shalaby, EME Dokla, RAT Serya… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance is an imminent threat worldwide. Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the “superbug” family, manifesting resistance …

Antibiotics and bacterial resistance—a short story of an endless arms race

A Baran, A Kwiatkowska, L Potocki - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the undisputed development of medicine, antibiotics still serve as first-choice drugs
for patients with infectious disorders. The widespread use of antibiotics results from a wide …

Current promising strategies against antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

J Ye, X Chen - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) are one of the major global health
challenges of our time. In addition to develo** new antibiotics to combat ARB, sensitizing …

An unanticipated discovery towards novel naphthalimide corbelled aminothiazoximes as potential anti-MRSA agents and allosteric modulators for PBP2a

PL Zhang, L Gopala, SL Zhang, GX Cai… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Available therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to conquer multidrug resistance of
MRSA. A visible effort was guided towards the advancement of novel antibacterial …

Ruthenium (II)-catalyzed C–C/C–N coupling of 2-arylquinazolinones with vinylene carbonate: Access to fused quinazolinones

ZH Wang, H Wang, H Wang, L Li, MD Zhou - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, ruthenium (II)-catalyzed C–C/C–N annulation of 2-arylquinazolinones with
vinylene carbonate is reported to synthesize fused quinazolinones. This catalytic system …

Constructing and deconstructing the bacterial cell wall

JF Fisher, S Mobashery - Protein science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The history of modern medicine cannot be written apart from the history of the antibiotics.
Antibiotics are cytotoxic secondary metabolites that are isolated from Nature. The …

Structure–Activity Relationship for the 4(3H)-Quinazolinone Antibacterials

R Bouley, D Ding, Z Peng, M Bastian… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We recently reported on the discovery of a novel antibacterial (2) with a 4 (3 H)-
quinazolinone core. This discovery was made by in silico screening of 1.2 million …