Cationic substituted benzofurans as antimicrobial agents
申请人:Tidwell R. Richard
公开号:US20050197378A1
公开(公告)日:2005-09-08
A method of treating a
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as
Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
, a
Trypanosoma cruzi
, and
Plasmodium falciparum
, and fungal pathogens, such as
Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus
, and
Cryptococcus neoformans
, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.