Studies on Antimicrobial Activity of Semicarbazones and their Metal Complexes

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Studies on Antimicrobial Activity of Semicarbazones and their Metal Complexes

M. Rama Chary, N. Padmaja, M. Ravinder And S. Srihari*

Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal - 506 009 (India).

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ABSTRACT:

A few semicarbazone ligands and their Co(II), Cu(II),Pd(II) and Hg(II) complexes have been screened for antimicrobial activity against some Gram (+ve) and Gram(-ve) bacterial and fungal species. The metal complexes are found to have higher activity than the ligands. Further, the metal complexes exert differential activity against the organisms studied and the results obtained are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

Metal-Semicarbazone complexes; antimicrobial activity