Triclosan (TCS), a lipophilic broad-spectrum biocide is widely used in personal care, acrylic,
veterinary, medical and household products. It has been observed to be present in aquatic …

Tuberculosis is today amongst the worldwide health threats. As resistant strains of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis have slowly emerged, treatment failure is too often a fact …

Covering: up to the end of 2016 Novel antimicrobial drugs are continuously needed to
counteract bacterial resistance development. An innovative molecular design strategy for …

Algae comprise the greatest abundance of plant biomass in aquatic environments and are a
logical choice for aquatic toxicological studies, yet have been underutilized in this capacity …

The synthetic biocides triclosan (5‐chloro‐2‐(2, 4‐dichlorophenoxy) phenol) and
triclocarban (3, 4, 4′‐trichlorocarbanilide) are routinely added to a wide array of …

Biocides play an essential role in limiting the spread of infectious disease. The food industry
is dependent on these agents, and their increasing use is a matter for concern. Specifically …

The modern age of drug discovery, which had been slowly gathering momentum during the
early part of the twentieth century, exploded into life in the 1940s with the isolation of …

Novel chemotherapeutics for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB) are required to combat the spread of tuberculosis, a disease that kills …

InhA, the enoyl-ACP reductase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an attractive target for the
development of novel drugs against tuberculosis, a disease that kills more than two million …

Catechol is a key constituent in mussel adhesive proteins and is responsible for strong
adhesive property and crosslinking formation. Plant-based polyphenols are also capable of …