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Mendeleev Commun., 2022 Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 774–776 (Mi mendc795)

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Communications

Ciprofloxacin chitosan conjugate: combined antibacterial effect and low toxicity

A. R. Egorova, M. N. Kurasovaa, O. Khubieva, N. A. Bogdanova, A. G. Tskhovrebova, A. A. Kirichuka, V. N. Khrustalevab, V. V. Rubanikc, V. V. Rubanikc, A. S. Kritchenkovac

a Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation
b N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
c Institute of Technical Acoustics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Vitebsk, Republic of Belarus

Abstract: Ultrasound-mediated reaction of chitosan with ciprofloxacin in the presence of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in water gives the chitosan–ciprofloxacin conjugates of carboxamide type. The conjugates show a mediate antibacterial effect and reduced cytotoxicity.

Keywords: ciprofloxacin, chitosan, conjugates, carboxamides, ultrasound treatment, antibacterial activity, toxicity.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2022.11.022



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