October 2016

Copper-paracetamol complexes: Promising lead antibacterial drug candidates

Antibiotic resistance by microorganisms has triggered the need to discover new antibiotics to replace the old ones. The study was designed to prepare copper-paracetamol complexes which will serve as lead compounds towards the discovery of novel antibiotics. Copper sulphate was reacted with paracetamol in the presence of sodium nitrate in borate buffer to give products which were separated into three layers when...

Author(s): Samuel Mawuli Adadey and Justice Kwabena Sarfo