“…In the field of antimicrobial agents, QAC with various structures have been developed and thoroughly investigated (Aiad, Tawfik, El-Shafie, & Rhman, 2017;Massi, Guittard, Géribaldi, Levy, & Duccini, 2003;Massi, Guittard, Levy, & Geribaldi, 2009;Negm, Aiad, & Tawfik, 2010;Tawfik, Abd-Elaal, Shaban, & Roshdy, 2015). However, besides the positively charged nitrogen atom, other cation-containing antiseptics remain comparatively obscure.…”