Hydrogen peroxide antibacterial activity

It is of interest that antibacterial activity can be retained even when the imine carbon-nitrogen bond is replaced by a carbon to carbon double bond. Base-catalyzed condensation of 5-nitrofurfuraldehyde (24) with 2,6-dimethylpyridine (38) affords olefin 39. Treatment of this compound with hydrogen peroxide gives the corresponding N-oxide (40). Heating of... 

Fullerene showed antibacterial activity, which can be attributed to different interactions of C60 with biomolecules (Da Ros et al., 1996). In fact, there is a possibility to induce cell membrane disruption. The fullerene sphere seems not really adaptable to planar cellular surface, but for sure the hydrophobic surface can easily interact with membrane lipids and intercalate into them. However, it has been demonstrated that fullerene derivatives can inhibit bacterial growth by unpairing the respiratory chain. There is, first, a decrease of oxygen uptake at low fullerene derivative concentration, and then an increase of oxygen uptake, which is followed by an enhancement of hydrogen peroxide production. The higher concentration of C60 seems to produce an electron leak from the bacterial respiratory chain (Mashino et al., 2003). 

The levels of urea hydrogen peroxide that provide acceptable levels of antibacterial activity also create unacceptable osmolality levels. Antibacterial activities... 

Shenep JL, Stokes DC, Hughes WT Lack of Antibacterial Activity After Intravenous Hydrogen Peroxide Infusion in Experimental Escherichia coli Sepses. Infect. Immun. 1985 48 607-610. 

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