Quaternary salts derived from 3-substituted quinuclidine as potential antioxidative and antimicrobial agents

Autor: Odžak Renata, Šprung Matilda, Soldo Barbara, Skočibušić Mirjana, Gudelj Martina, Muić Anita, Primožič Ines
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Open Chemistry, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 320-331 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2391-5420
DOI: 10.1515/chem-2017-0031
Popis: Two series of novel ammonium salts containing the quinuclidine moiety were prepared in order to evaluate their antioxidative, antibacterial and antifungal potential. The synthesized homologues of 3-hydroxy (QOH) and 3-chloroquinuclidine (QCl) with the different N-benzyl substituents at the para-position (bromo, chloro or nitro group) were obtained in very good yields and characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopies and elemental analysis. All compounds were tested for antioxidative activity using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay and among tested samples, N-p-nitrobenzyl-3-hydroxyquinuclidinium bromide (QOH-4) exhibited the highest antioxidative potential (293.80 nmol (TE) mL-1), which was further investigated by the DNA nicking assay. The biological activity of selected compounds was evaluated by measuring the zone of inhibition and by determining the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) against three Gram-positive bacteria (B. cereus, E. faecalis and S. aureus), three Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli, P. aeruginosa and C. sakazakii) and three fungi species (C. albicans, A. niger and P. notatum). The bioactivity assay showed that some newly synthetized quaternary quinuclidinium compounds display a comparable or even better antibacterial and antifungal activity than the reference drugs such as gentamicin (GEN), cefotaxime (CTX) and amphotericin B (AMPHB). Among the tested compounds, N-p-chlorobenzyl-3-hydroxyquinuclidinium bromide (QOH-3) exhibited a considerable antibacterial efficiency against P. aeruginosa (MIC=0.39 µg mL-1) and QOH-4 displayed a potent antifungal activity against C. albicans (MIC=1.56 µg mL-1).
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