Abstract
Surfactants in general are well known for their ability of disrupting cell membranes and damaging microbes. However, cationic surfactants and lipids exhibit interesting additional properties because they can easily be targeted to oppositely charged biological structures such as cells or biomolecules of interest. This review emphasizes physicochemical and antimicrobial properties of cationic lipids and surfactants aiming at the establishment of structure-activity relationships. In special, cationic lipids forming bilayers revealed multiple abilities to carry antibiotics, drugs, genes, and antigens sometimes exhibiting synergic effects with the drug carried or displaying anti-infective properties by themselves.
Keywords: Antimicrobial activity, cationic amphiphiles, cationic lipids, cell lysis, positive charge-antimicrobial activity relationship
Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Cationic Surfactants and Lipids as Anti-Infective Agents
Volume: 5 Issue: 1
Author(s): Ana M. Carmona-Ribeiro, Debora B. Vieira and Nilton Lincopan
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Keywords: Antimicrobial activity, cationic amphiphiles, cationic lipids, cell lysis, positive charge-antimicrobial activity relationship
Abstract: Surfactants in general are well known for their ability of disrupting cell membranes and damaging microbes. However, cationic surfactants and lipids exhibit interesting additional properties because they can easily be targeted to oppositely charged biological structures such as cells or biomolecules of interest. This review emphasizes physicochemical and antimicrobial properties of cationic lipids and surfactants aiming at the establishment of structure-activity relationships. In special, cationic lipids forming bilayers revealed multiple abilities to carry antibiotics, drugs, genes, and antigens sometimes exhibiting synergic effects with the drug carried or displaying anti-infective properties by themselves.
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Carmona-Ribeiro M. Ana, Vieira B. Debora and Lincopan Nilton, Cationic Surfactants and Lipids as Anti-Infective Agents, Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2006; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152106774755572
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152106774755572 |
Print ISSN 1871-5214 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6018 |
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