Antibiotic Synthesis, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biologically active molecules; medicinal chemistry; organic chemical synthesis; peptidomimetics; novel antimicrobials; biomaterials
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; antimicrobials; peptidomimetics; quorum sensing; Antibiofilm
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria threatens the effectiveness of current antibiotics. It is projected that by 2050, antimicrobial resistance will cause 10 million deaths annually. Bacteria continue to evolve at a rate that surpasses drug development, highlighting a necessity for new drugs with mechanisms that inhibit resistance development. Furthermore, this situation is exacerbated by a reduction in the pace of development of novel classes of antibiotics.
Potential strategies to overcome this dilemma are highlighted below:
i) Discovery of new antimicrobial agents from natural sources and their synthetic derivatives;
ii) The design and synthesis of antimicrobial compounds with novel mechanisms of action;
iii) Targeted delivery of antimicrobial agents;
iv) Combination therapy involving antibiotics and new antimicrobial agents;
v) Synthesis of dual- and multi-action antibiotics;
vi) Synthesis of adjuvants to enhance the potency of antibiotics;
vii) Exploiting innate bacterial responses to develop new antibiotics.
The Special Issue will publish contemporary research on the discovery and development of new classes of antibiotic compounds, as well as dual-action antimicrobials and other combination strategies. It is my pleasure to invite submissions of high-quality research-based papers related to the topics mentioned above.
Prof. Dr. Naresh Kumar
Dr. Tsz Tin Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new antimicrobial compounds
- dual-action antimicrobials
- new antimicrobial targets
- targeted delivery of antibiotics
- new scaffolds for antimicrobial discovery
- discovery of new antimicrobial mechanisms
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