ANTI-TUBERCULAR DRUGS: A REVIEW ON CURRENT TRENDS AND NOVEL DRUGS
AbstractTuberculosis remains a challenge globally affecting the health of several individuals globally. The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has further increased the threat. Despite having several drugs available the peril of the mycobacterium continues to loom. Across the globe several scientists are putting in efforts to come up with newer drugs with novel mechanism of action and belonging to several old as well as newer chemical classes. This review article delves in detail on each of the newer drugs discovered for the treatment and control of the disease. It begins with highlighting the progress of the diseases and its treatment over the years and then probes in-depth into the novel molecules of drugs discovered for the same. This article thus is a concise landscape which underlines the need of novel drug molecules and further highlights the potential of these newer drugs to combat tuberculosis by controlling the spread, shortening its treatment period, and making the treatment affordable to all.
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IJPSR
A. A. Ankalikar, A. S. Menasinkai, P. M. Ronad *, Anuradha, Rohan Kurbet and Honur Hussen
Department of Pharm-Chemistry, KLE College of Pharmacy, Vidyanagar, Hubli, Karnataka, India.
ronadp@gmail.com
08 November 2023
, 03 January 2024
05 April 2024
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.15(6).1581-90
01 June 2024
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