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ReviewInternational journal of biomaterials2022

Antimicrobial Agents Based on Metal Complexes: Present Situation and Future Prospects.

Bharti Sharma, Sudeep Shukla, Rohit Rattan, Musarrat Fatima, Mayurika Goel, Mamta Bhat, Shruti Dutta, Rakesh Kumar Ranjan, Mamta Sharma

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Review in International journal of biomaterials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Copper Complexes: A Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Bharti SharmaSchool of Biosciences and Biotechnology, BGSB University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir 185234, India.
Sudeep ShuklaEnvironment Pollution Analysis Lab, Bhiwadi, Alwar, Rajasthan 301019, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0965-7397
Rohit RattanWWF-India Field Office, ITI Road, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir 185132, India.
Musarrat FatimaDepartment of Botany, BGSB University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir 185234, India.
Mayurika GoelTERI Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, Sustainable Agriculture Program, The Energy and Resource Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-0044
Mamta BhatSchool of Biosciences and Biotechnology, BGSB University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir 185234, India.
Shruti DuttaAmity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amity University Haryana, Haryana, India.
Rakesh Kumar RanjanDepartment of Geology, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
Mamta SharmaAditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise in antimicrobial resistance is a cause of serious concern since the ages. Therefore, a dire need to explore new antimicrobial entities that can combat against the increasing threat of antibiotic resistance is realized. Studies have shown that the activity of the strongest antibiotics has reduced drastically against many microbes such as microfungi and bacteria (Gram-positive and Gram-negative). A ray of hope, however, was witnessed in early 1940s with the development of new drug discovery and use of metal complexes as antibiotics. Many new metal-based drugs were developed from the metal complexes which are potentially active against a number of ailments such as cancer, malaria, and neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, this review is an attempt to describe the present scenario and future development of metal complexes as antibiotics against wide array of microbes.

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PMID36531969
PMCPMC9754840

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