An Overview on Biological Activity of Benzimidazole Derivatives

Benzimidazole moiety plays a key role in variety of heterocyclic scaffolds which derive the biological functioning of essential molecules. Because of the skeletal resemblance with the naturally appearing nucleotides, benzimidazole and its analogues exhibited numerous medicinal and pharmacological performances. They are appraised as the auspicious class of bioactive molecules which endorse diverse actions like antiprotozoal, antimicrobial, antimalarial, anti-helminthic, anti-inflammatory, anti-mycobacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic. Moreover, benzimidazole has recognized paramount responses in current years and is an enormously important pharmacophoric heterocyclic moieties in recent drug innovations and medicinal chemistry. This chapter will be beneficial for the researchers working in the fields of medicinal chemistry in visualizing the diverse pharmacological activities of benzimidazole derivatives in developing a SAR on benzimidazole drugs.