Thiocarlide (or tiocarlide or isoxyl) is a drug which was used in the treatment of tuberculosis. In addition was preclinical experiments, which showed, that it purely bacteriostatic against M. leprae. The precise mechanism is still unknown but was shown, that Delta9-desaturase could be a target for it. The more recent experiments have revealed, that Thiocarlide inhibits the dehydration step by the (3R)-hydroxyacyl dehydratases HadAB and HadBC.

Morinamide is a second line anti-tuberculous agent. In vitro morinamide demonstrated clear dose-dependent bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities. The anti-mycobacterial effect of morinamide was the same as pyrazinamide and was dependent on the acidity of medium (pH 5.6). Liver function test abnormalities following morinamide therapy are usually mild, and onset of jaundice is extremely uncommon. It has been given orally as the hydrochloride in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Tetrandrine, isolated from the root of Stephania tetrandra S Moore, is a traditional Chinese clinical agent for silicosis, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Tetrandrine is a potent MDR-reversing agent and is an ABCB1/ABCC1 inhibitor. Tetrandrine (CBT-1) is being developed by CBA Pharma, as an adjunctive therapy to chemotherapy in various cancer types with multiple drug resistance (MDR), including acute myelogenous leukemia , Breast, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, Gallbladder, Pancreatic, Gastrointestinal Tract, Small Cell Lung Cancer, Bladder, Head & Neck, and Sarcoma.

Sutezolid (PNU-100480, PF-02341272) is an oxazolidinone antibiotic currently in development as a treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. It is unaffected by mutations conferring resistance to standard TB drugs

Amithiozone, also known as thioacetazone, is an oral antibiotic, which is used in the treatment of tuberculosis. In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended replacing thioacetazone with ethambutol in patients with known or suspected HIV infection. Thioacetazone is no longer included in WHO’s recommended first-line treatment for tuberculosis and is now reserved for uncommon situations in which treatment options have been compromised by resistance to other anti-tuberculosis medicines in HIV-negative individuals. Despite the increased recognition of this risk, thioacetazone remained in use mainly in low-income countries because of its low cost. Amithiozone has also been used in trials studying the treatment of Mycobacterium Avium-intracellular Infection. One of the possible mechanism action of the drug is interference with the metabolism of methionine of susceptible tubercle bacilli, which utilize methionine for nucleic acid synthesis.

Enviomycin, antimicrobial drug, was isolated in Japan from fermentation broth of Syteptomyces griseoverticillatus var tuberacticus. This drug, a water-soluble, basic peptide, is effective against tubercle bacilli as well as some gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is related to viomycin and cepreomycin in some of its physicochemical properties. It is used for the treatment of Mycobacterium avium caused lung diseases.

Salinazid (Acozid, Nupasal-213) is an antibacterial agent used primarily as a tuberculostatic. It used to be the treatment of choice for tuberculosis.

Pasiniazid is a composition of isoniazid and 4-aminosalicylic acid, that has mutual effects coupling isoniazid and 4-aminosalicylic acid for use in tuberculosis patients. Isoniazid is a bactericidal agent active against organisms of the genus Mycobacterium, specifically M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. kansasii. Isoniazid is a prodrug and must be activated by bacterial catalase. Isoniazid inhibits InhA, the enoyl reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, by forming a covalent adduct with the NAD cofactor. 4-Aminosalicylic acid is an anti-tuberculosis drug used to treat tuberculosis in combination with other active agents. There are two mechanisms responsible for aminosalicylic acid's bacteriostatic action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Firstly, aminosalicylic acid inhibits folic acid synthesis (without potentiation with antifolic compounds). The binding of para-aminobenzoic acid to pteridine synthetase acts as the first step in the folic acid synthesis. Aminosalicylic acid binds pteridine synthetase with greater affinity than para-aminobenzoic acid, effectively inhibiting the synthesis of folic acid. As bacteria are unable to use external sources of folic acid, cell growth and multiplication slow. Secondly, the aminosalicylic acid may inhibit the synthesis of the cell wall component, mycobactin, thus reducing iron uptake by M. tuberculosis.

Streptovaricins (or streptovarycins) are a group of structurally related macrolide antibiotics, which are active against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and especially against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It was shown, that streptovaricin probably blocked transcription of adenovirus 2 (AD2) by inhibiting early transcription complex assembly events.

Isoniazid pyruvate is a metabolite of isoniazid. Isoniazid (Laniazid, Nydrazid), also known as isonicotinylhydrazine (INH), is an organic compound that is the first-line medication in prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. It has been claimed that isoniazone pyruvate causes less excretion of pyridoxine than isoniazid and might therefore be less likely to cause peripheral neuritis.