title: Sulfonamide-1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives as antifungal and antibacterial agents: synthesis, biological evaluation, lipophilicity, and conformational studies.
abstract: A series of thirteen new thiadiazole compounds were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antifungal and antibacterial activity. All compound tested showed significant antifungal activity against all the micromycetes, compared to the commercial fungicide bifonazole. Differences in their activity depend on the substitution of different reactive groups. More specifically, best antifungal activity was shown for the synthetic analogue with methylpiperazine reactive group. Furthermore, it is apparent that different compounds reacted on different ways against bacteria. An effort was made to correlate the above mentioned differences in activity with lipophilicity studies. Furthermore, NMR and molecular modelling were used to obtain the main conformational features of a potent analogue, for future in silico studies.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalabos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Camoutsis
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geronikaki
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciric
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soković
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zoumpoulakis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zervou
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013830:Thiadiazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013830:Thiadiazoles