Ceforanide is a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Ceforanide causes inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis by inactivating penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) thereby interfering with the final transpeptidation step required for cross-linking of peptidoglycan units which are a component of the cell wall.

Salicyl-AMS is an inhibitor of mycobacterium auxin biosynthesis that inhibits the growth of mycobacterium in the presence of iron deficiency in vitro.

Propargylcholine is an alkyne-modified choline analog and inhibits choline catabolism at the level of Dgc enzyme-catalyzed dimethylglycine demethylation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.