Antibacterial substances can counteract the negative action of harmful bacteria to the human body. They typically allow you to kill harmful bacteria or limit their damage.

Antibacterial drugs are part of a larger group, antimicrobials, which counteract not only bacteria, but fungi and viruses.

Studies

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 5-(piperazin-1-yl)quinolin-2(1H)-one derivatives as potential chitin synthase inhibitors and antifungal agents.
Ji Q, Deng Q, Li B, Li B, Shen Y.
Eur J Med Chem. 2019 Jul 10;180:204-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.07.035.

C646 modulates inflammatory response and antibacterial activity of macrophage.
Fang F, Li G, Jing M, Xu L, Li Z, Li M, Yang C, Liu Y, Qian G, Hu X, Li G, Xie Y, Feng C, Li X, Pan J, Li Y, Feng X, Li Y.
Int Immunopharmacol. 2019 Jul 11;74:105736. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2019.105736

Flavonoids from Artemisia rupestris and their synergistic antibacterial effects on drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Lan JE, Li XJ, Zhu XF, Sun ZL, He JM, Zloh M, Gibbons S, Mu Q.
Nat Prod Res. 2019 Jul 13:1-6. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1639182.

Nanoparticles and zeolites: Antibacterial effects and their mechanism against pathogens.
Azizi-Lalabadi M, Ehsani A, Alizadeh-Sani M, Khezerlou A, Mirzanajafi-Zanjani M, Divband B, Zolfaghari H, Bagheri V.
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2019 Jul 8. doi: 10.2174/1573397115666190708120040.

Antibacterial evaluation of plants extracts against ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) by microcalorimetry and principal component analysis.
Xu Z, Li H, Qin X, Wang T, Hao J, Zhao J, Wang J, Wang R, Wang D, Wei S, Cai H, Zhao Y.
AMB Express. 2019 Jul 11;9(1):101. doi: 10.1186/s13568-019-0829-y.