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- Title
Metal(II) Complexes of the Fluoroquinolone Fleroxacin: Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Profile.
- Authors
Kostelidou, Alexandra; Perdih, Franc; Kljun, Jakob; Dimou, Foteini; Kalogiannis, Stavros; Turel, Iztok; Psomas, George
- Abstract
A series of complexes of divalent transition metals (Cu(II), Mn(II), Zn(II), Co(II) and Ni(II)) with the quinolone antibacterial agent fleroxacin, in the absence or presence of an α-diimine such as 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2′-bipyridylamine, were prepared and characterized. The complexes were characterized by various physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques and by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The in vitro antibacterial activity of the complexes was studied against the bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Xanthomonas campestris and was higher than that of free quinolone. The affinity of the complexes for bovine and human serum albumin was studied by fluorescence emission spectroscopy and the determined binding constants showed tight and reversible binding to the albumins. The interaction of the complexes with calf-thymus DNA was studied by various techniques, which showed that intercalation was the most plausible mode of interaction.
- Subjects
TRANSITION metals; TRANSITION metal complexes; QUINOLONE antibacterial agents; X-ray crystallography technique; XANTHOMONAS campestris; METALS; EMISSION spectroscopy
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 5, p898
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics14050898