HYBRID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE

摘要

The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain antimicrobial compounds comprising pharmacophores based on or comprising benzyl pyrimidines and 4-quinolones or 4H-4-oxoquinolizines (for convenience, collectively referred to herein as "BP-4Q compounds"), which, inter alia, are antimicrobial, particularly antibacterial. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to provide an antimicrobial function, particularly an antibacterial function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by microbes, particularly bacteria, that are ameliorated by the antimicrobial function, particularly an antibacterial function, including bacterial diseases, optionally in combination with another agent, for example, another antibacterial agent.