ANALOGS OF INDOLE-3-CARBINOL AND THEIR USE AS AGENTS AGAINST INFECTION

摘要

Compounds useful as antibacterial agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol and have a backbone selected from dihydroindolo[2,3-b]carbazole, 2,2'-diindolylmethane, 2',3-diindolylmethane, and 3,3'-diindolylmethane. The compounds are useful therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of bacterial infections in mammals. Methods of synthesis of the compounds are provided, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.