Patrick: An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry 4e
Chapter 19
Further reading
Armstrong, D., and Cohen, J. (eds.). (1999) Infectious diseases, Section 7, Mosby, London.
Coates, A., et al. (2002) The future challenges facing the development of new antimicrobial drugs. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 1, 895-910 [DOI: 10.1038/nrd940] [PubMed: 12415249].
Evans, J. (1998) TB: know your enemy. Chemistry in Britain, November, 38-42.
Hook, V. (1997) Superbugs step up the pace. Chemistry in Britain, May, 34-35.
Mendell, G., Bennett, J. E., and Dolin, R. (eds.), (2000) Mendell, Douglas and Bennett’s principles and practice of infectious diseases, 5th edn, Vols 1 and 2. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Raja, A., et al. (2003) Daptomycin. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2, 943-944 [DOI: 10.1038/nrd1258] [PubMed: 14756140].
Lactams and other agents acting on cell walls
Axelsen, P. H. and Li, D. (1998) A rational strategy for enhancing the affinity of vancomycin towards depsipeptide ligands. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 6, 877-881 [DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0896(98)00019-4] [PubMed: 9730223].
Nicolaou, K. C., et al. (1999) Chemistry, biology, and medicine of the glycopeptide antibiotics. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 38, 2096-2152 [DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990802)38:15<2096::AID-ANIE2096>3.0.CO;2-F].
Agents acting on the cell membrane
Mann, J. (2001) Killer nanotubes. Chemistry in Britain, November, 22.
Linezolid
Ford, C. (2001) First of a kind. Chemistry in Britain, March, 22-24.
Genin, M. J., et al. (1998) N-C-linked (azolylphenyl)oxazolidinones. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 41, 5144-5147 [DOI: 10.1021/jm980546k] [PubMed: 9857083].
Quinolones and other agents acting on nucleic acids
Andriole, V. T. (ed.). (1998) The quinolones, 2nd edn. Academic Press, New York.
Saunders, J. (2000) Quinolones as antibacterial DNA gyrase inhibitors. Chapter 10 in: Top drugs: top synthetic routes. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Agents acting against protein synthesis
Agouridas, C., et al. (1998) Synthesis and antibacterial activity of ketolides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 41, 4080-4100 [DOI: 10.1021/jm980240d] [PubMed: 9767644].


