The Importance of Substituent Position for Antibacterial Activity in the Group of Thiosemicarbazide Derivatives

Autor: Sara Janowska, Joanna Stefańska, Dmytro Khylyuk, Monika Wujec
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 29, Iss 6, p 1333 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules29061333
Popis: The search for new antibacterial compounds is still a huge challenge for scientists. Each new chemotherapy drug is not 100% effective when introduced into treatment. Bacteria quickly become resistant to known structures. One promising group of new compounds is thiosemicarbazides. In the presented work, we looked for the relationship between structure and antibacterial activity within the group of thiosemicarbazide derivatives. This is a continuation of our previous work. Here, we decided to check to what extent the position of the 3-methoxyphenyl substituent affects potency. We obtained new structures that differ in the positions of the substituent in the thiosemicarbazide skeleton. Based on the obtained results of the biological tests, it can be concluded that the substituent in position 1 of thiosemicarbazide derivatives significantly determines their activity. Generally, among the substituents used, trifluoromethylphenyl turned out to be the most promising. The MIC values for compounds with this substituent are 64 µg/mL towards Staphylococci sp. Using molecular docking, we tried to explain the mechanism behind the antibacterial activity of the tested compounds.
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