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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-11-2011
Abstract
Cationic lipids have long been known to serve as antibacterial and antifungal agents. Prior efforts with attachment of cationic lipids to carbohydrate-based surfaces have suggested the possibility that carbohydrate-attached cationic lipids might serve as antibacterial and antifungal pharmaceutical agents. Toward the understanding of this possibility, we have synthesized several series of cationic lipids attached to a variety of glycosides with the intent of generating antimicrobial agents that would meet the requirement for serving as a pharmaceutical agent, specifically that the agent be effective at a very low concentration as well as being biodegradable within the organism being treated. The initial results of our approach to this goal are presented.
Recommended Citation
Engel, Robert; Ghani, Ishrat; Montenegro, Diego; Thomas, Marie; Klaritch-Vrana, Barbara; Castaño, Alejandra; Friedman, Laura; Leb, Jay; Rothman, Leah; Lee, Heidi; Capodiferro, Craig; Ambinder, Daniel; Cere, Eve; Awad, Christopher; Sheikh, Faiza; Rizzo, JaimeLee; Nisbett, Lisa-Marie; Testani, Erika; and Melkonian, Karin, "Polycationic Glycosides" (2011). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/qc_pubs/250
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This article originally appeared in Molecules, available at DOI:10.3390/molecules16021508
This article is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).