Antimicrobial imidazolium compounds
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorsYugen ZHANG, Siti Nurhanna Binti RIDUAN, Yuan YUAN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to antimicrobial imidazolium compounds having the structure of Formula (I) wherein R is an optionally substituted aliphatic group that is linear, cyclic, saturated, unsaturated or any combination thereof; n is an integer of at least 1; and X is an anionic counterion. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, a gel comprising the compound, uses of the compound as an antibiotic and methods for the preparation of the gels.
Claims17
A compound having the following Formula (I):
- wherein R is an optionally substituted aliphatic group that is linear, cyclic, saturated, unsaturated or any combination thereof;
- n is an integer of at least 1;
- and X is an anionic counterion.
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A gel comprising a compound and a solvent, wherein the compound has the following Formula (I):
- wherein R is an optionally substituted aliphatic group that is linear, cyclic, saturated, unsaturated or any combination thereof;
- n is an integer of at least 1;
- and X is an anionic counterion.
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A method for synthesizing the gel comprising a compound, wherein the compound has the following Formula (I):
- wherein R is an optionally substituted aliphatic group that is linear, cyclic, saturated, unsaturated or any combination thereof;
- n is an integer of at least 1;
- and X is an anionic counterion, comprising or consisting of:
- providing the compound as defined above;
- adding a solvent;
- and
- mixing the compound and the solvent;
- provided that an additional gelation-initiator is not added to the mixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.