“…In the search for a new scaffold for antimicrobial drugs, 4-hydroxy-2-quinolone, a class of heterocyclic compound, has shown great potential, as various analogs of 4-hydroxy-2-quinolone including Roquinimex (Linomide), a synthetic immunomodulator [ 3 ], have been reported to possess a wide range of biological activities such as antibacterial [ 4 ], antifungal [ 5 ], anticancer [ 6 ], antioxidant [ 7 ], and so on. Over the past few decades, several attempts have been made to investigate the structure–activity relationship of the antimicrobial activity of this scaffold; for instance, the derivatives of 4-hydroxy-2-quinolone bearing chalcones [ 8 ], pyrimidines [ 9 ], pyrazoles [ 10 ], and thiadiazole [ 11 ] ( Figure 1 a).…”