A Literature Review on Antimicrobial Activities of Imidazole
Abstract: Imidazole is an heterocyclic compound that is used as raw material by the pharmaceutical industries for manufacturing anti-fungal drugs such as ketoconazole and clotrimazole or the bactericide imazilil and prochloraz. Similarly, the pesticide industries use the imidazole as intermediary in the synthesis of some pesticides and insecticides. This literature review aims to investigate archival literatures of past authors regarding new compounds that can be used as antimicrobial agent. The research adopts an extensive review of literature such as conference papers, journal articles, internet sources, books to find out the effect of synthetic compounds on antimicrobial organism. The study concludes that imidazole is an active drug for microbial resistance. The study further recommends that more derivatives of imidazole should be synthesized in the laboratory. This is important in other to inhibit the growth of new strains of organisms.
Keywords: Antimicrobial: Imidazole: Antifugal: Pesticides: Insecticides: Heterocyclic Compound
