Novel polymaleimide containing dibenzoyl hydrazine pendant group as chelating agent for antimicrobial activity

Novel polymaleimide containing dibenzoyl hydrazine pendant group, poly[N-benzoyl-4-(N-maleimido)-phenyl hydrazide], and its metal complexes have been synthesized. Their antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli bacteria and that against Aspergillus fumigatus, Syncephalastrum racemosum, Geotrichum candidum, and Candida albicans fungi were investigated. The polymer-metal complexes showed better antimicrobial activity than that of the parent polymer. The inhibition of the growth of the microbes remarkably depends on the type of the metal in the complexes. The polymer-Co(II) and the polymer-Cd(II) complexes are more potent in inhibition of the tested microbes growth than the rest of the prepared complexes. [GRAPHICS] .