Moxifloxacin-Ester derivatives: Synthesis, characterization and pharmacological evaluation

It is known that resistance of bacteria is one of the major issues in drug treatment. To cope this issue, it is required to synthesize new analogues which contest against mutated bacteria. This research study included synthesis of several derivatives of moxifloxacin by adding different phenol and alkyl halide at third position of carboxylic group with esterification reaction and the structures of synthesized derivatives were characterized by spectroscopic techniques i.e. ¹H NMR, FT-IR and mass-spectrometry. In continuation, antimicrobial activities of the analogues were also evaluated against number of Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. The experimental results of novel derivatives exhibit significant antibacterial and antifungal profile in which so many synthesized derivatives influenced a similar and enhanced activity against selected microbes that were S. typhi, P. mirabilis, P. aeruginosa, S. flexneri, B. subtilis as compared to the moxifloxacin. Moreover, few innovative derivatives were also produced better anti-fungal activity against F. solani and T. rubrum. Furthermore, the enzymatic activity of all analogues has been analyzed against urease and carbonic anhydrase and concluded that C2 was selected inhibitor of urease enzyme.