Abstract
In a wide search program for new and efficient antimicrobial agents, a series of oxadiazole/azetidinone-incorporated benzimidazoles have been synthesized and evaluated against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Derivatives having long alkyl chain on the oxadiazole/azetidinone moiety with three or more carbon atoms have shown less antibacterial activity.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Authors are thankful to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, for providing financial grant vide F. No. 37-494/2009 (SR).
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Notes: Total inhibition (no growth of organism), –; poor growth compared to control, P; medium growth compared to control, +; and confluent growth (no inhibition), + +.
Notes: Total inhibition (no growth of organism), –; poor growth compared to control, P; medium growth compared to control, +; and confluent growth (no inhibition), + +.
Notes: Total inhibition (no growth of organism), –; poor growth compared to control, P; medium growth compared to control, +; and confluent growth (no inhibition), ++.