Iron compounds synthesized to combat tuberculosis

Friday, November 26, 2010 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have synthesized two iron compounds that inhibit the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Due their low level of toxicity in mammal cells, the compounds could be used in the future as therapeutic agents and hospital disinfectants.

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