“…Derivatives of isatin are reported to be present in mammalian tissues and body fluids (Casas et al, 1996;Agrawal & Sartorelli, 1978;Casas et al, 1994;Medvedev et al, 1998;Boon, 1997;Pandeya & Dimmock, 1993;Rodríguez-Argüelles et al, 1999;Casas et al, 2000) and possess antibacterial (Daisley & Shah, 1984), antifungal (Piscopo et al, 1987), and anti-HIV (Pandeya et al, 1998(Pandeya et al, , 1999 activities. N-methylisatin--4', 4' -diethylthiosemicarbazone were also reported to have activity against the viruses such as cytomegalo and moloney leukemia viruses (Sherman et al, 1980;Ronen et al, 1987).…”