Antibacterial and Antifungal Applications of Metal Complexes

Abstract

Metal ions have an extremely important role in preserving the longevity of living organisms. Humans can suffer from a variety of health issues when particular metal ions are deficient, including growth retardation from a zinc deficiency in the diet, pernicious anemia from an iron deficiency, and infantile heart disease from a copper deficiency. Antibiotic resistance is becoming more severe every day, posing a growing risk to public health. The creation of innovative medications with improved efficacy and new mechanisms of action is urgently needed in this situation. Inorganic compounds, specifically metal complexes, have a significant role in novel metal-based drug development. Owing to the inclination of the scientific community towards designing new metal complexes as diagnostic agents and drugs, a new branch of chemistry was developed, which is known as inorganic medicinal chemistry. In this chapter, metal complexes used as anti-fungal and anti-bacterial agents are discussed.

Keywords: Antifungal, Antibacterial, Antibiotics, Medicinal chemistry, Metallodrug.

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