Bactericidal potential of a dual target synthetic amphiphile

Abstract

The growing menace of drug resistant pathogenic bacteria underscores the need to develop efficient bactericidal agents that can act on irrefutable targets and defy the resistance mechanism In this context the present investigation reports the bactericidal activity and therapeutic potential of a rationally designed dual target pyridiniumbased synthetic amphiphile The amphiphile referred to as C1 consisted of i a cationic pyridinium head group to initiate electrostatic interactions with anion