Schiff bases: An emerging potent class of pharmaceuticals
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Schiff bases are the utmost extensively used organic compounds. An outsized number of Schiff bases and their complexes have been investigated for their fascinating and imperative properties. Schiff bases are significant class of compounds in medicinal and pharmaceutical fields as they have also been shown to exhibit wide-ranging biological activities, including antifungal, antibacterial, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antitum or properties. The imine group present in such compounds has been shown to be critical to their biological activities. Metal complexes of Schiff bases are well renowned for their stability, biological activity and prospective applications in countless fields. This short review piles up with few examples of the most propitious biological active metal complexes of schiff bases.
Authors and Affiliations
Ashu Chaudhary* and Anshul Singh
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