Parabens have become ubiquitous in today's society but have been under siege for exhibiting xenoestrogen properties and thus having the potential to bring about breast tumors.  Our lab has been working to revive the utility of these antibiotics.  Derivatization of parabens has allowed for the disconnection of the antibiotic and precancerous activity.  These new compounds are being investigated for their ability to enhance the activity of other commercial antibiotics and as a synthetic target within a project based second semester organic lab.  Future work hopes to better understand and disentangle the role of phenolic compounds as both antibiotics and xenoestrogens.

Parabens find utility in more than just everyday products

255th National Meeting (2018)

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