Palladium complexes as promising antimicrobial agents

The review presents a summary and systematic analysis of the literature data on the antibacterial and antifungal activity of palladium complexes with organic ligands published over the past three years. The structures of different types of stable complexes are discussed. Taking into account the great structural diversity of the compounds under consideration, the classification of the complexes is performed in terms of the nature of donor centres of the initial ligands. A group of palladium phthalocyanine complexes for photodynamic therapy is considered separately. The final section is devoted to palladium complexes with terpene ligands, which are of scientific interest to the authors of this review.The bibliography includes 97 references.