Metal-Based Complexes as Novel Antimicrobial Strategies
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 110
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Interests: coordination chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry; metal-based drugs; homogeneous catalysis; Schiff base ligands
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Interests: bioinorganic chemistry; DNA studies; antibacterial and antifungal activity; anticancer drugs; lanthanide complexes
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Interests: chelating ligands; coordination and organometallic chemistry; catalysis; pincer compound chemistry; cytotoxic activity; antimicrobial activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global public health, driving the search for novel antimicrobial strategies. Among these, metal complexes have emerged as a promising alternative due to their unique properties, such as the ability to generate reactive oxygen species, interaction with essential biomolecules, and disruption of key biological mechanisms in pathogens. Various metals, including silver, copper, gold, and platinum, have demonstrated enhanced antimicrobial activity when coordinated with specific ligands, offering new opportunities for the design of more effective drugs.
The Special Issue "Metal-Based Complexes as Novel Antimicrobial Strategies" seeks to bring together innovative research on the development, characterization, and applications of metal complexes as antimicrobial agents. We invite researchers to submit original studies, reviews, and multidisciplinary approaches addressing the chemistry, pharmacology, and mechanisms of action of these compounds. We hope that this Special Issue will contribute to advancing knowledge in the field and to identifying new therapeutic tools to address the antimicrobial resistance crisis.
Dr. Alberto Aragón-Muriel
Dr. Dorian Polo Cerón
Prof. Dr. David Morales-Morales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotics
- metal-based complexes
- antimicrobial resistance
- antimicrobial therapy
- drug design
- bioinorganic
- metallodrug
- metallopharmaceutical
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