“…Their antimicrobial properties were screened against two Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli and P. aeruginosa) and two fungal strains (A. flavus and A. niger); the results indicated the incorporation of antimony enhanced the inhibitory effect compared to the free ligand owing to the increased lipophilic character of the metal chelate that aids the permeation of the compounds through the lipid layer of cell membranes [112]. Later, Beniwal et al further investigated the antimicrobial activities of antimony(III) dithiocarbamates also containing substituted oxime molecules, that is, PhSb[R(R )C=NO](L 10 ) [113] and Sb[R(R )C=NO] 2 (L 10 ) [114], and some antimony(V) species, Ph A broader range of main group elements was investigated in a study of M(L 82 ) 3 , where M(III) = Ga, In, As, Sb, and Bi, which were subjected to antibacterial assays against ten American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) bacterial strains and ten multiresistant clinical isolated strains, including four extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing E. coli strains, one methicillin resistant S. epidermidis strain, three methicillin-resistant S. haemolyticus strains, and one methicillin-resistant S. simulans strain [37]. Overall the indium(III) species demonstrated the greatest antibacterial activities against the evaluated bacterial strains, a result correlated with computational studies that showed In(L 82 ) 3 possessed better stability than the other congeners thus promoted its transport to the biological target site in the bacterial cell.…”