Synthesis and antimicrobial activity evaluation of pyrazole derivatives containing imidazothiadiazole moiety

AIM: The purpose of this work was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of pyrazole derivatives (21a - i and 23a - o) synthesized. MATERIALS & METHODS: The pyrazole derivatives were synthesized, molecular docked and tested for their antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity, and hemolysis rate. RESULTS: Most of the target compounds showed high selective inhibitory activity against multi-drug resistance compared with other strains. Of these, compounds 21c (MIC = 0.25 µg/mL) and 23 h (MIC = 0.25 µg/mL) showed the strongest antibacterial activity, which was 4-flods than that of the positive control compound gatifloxacin (MIC = 1 µg/mL). Furthermore, compound 23 h showed no cytotoxicity to human LO2 cells, and did not show hemolysis even at ultra-high concentration. CONCLUSION: These results prompted that these compounds are valuable for further development as antimicrobial agents.