title: Recent advances in the design and synthesis of heterocycles as anti-tubercular agents.
abstract: Due to the unusual structure and chemical composition of the mycobacterial cell wall, effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment is difficult, making many antibiotics ineffective and hindering the entry of drugs. With approximately 33% of infection, TB is still the second most deadly infectious disease worldwide. The reasons for this are drug-resistant TB (multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant), persistent infection (latent TB) and synergism of TB with HIV; furthermore no new chemical entity has emerged in last 40 years. New data available from the recently sequenced genome of the mycobacterium and the application of methods of modern drug design promise much for the fight against this disease. In this review, we present an introduction to TB, followed by an overview of new heterocyclic anti-tubercular moieties published during the last decade.
authors.affiliation: Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow 226001. prem_chauhan_2000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Prem M S
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sunduru
authors.forename: Moni
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015195:Drug Design; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds