Antimicrobial diterpenes: Recent development from natural sources

P Saha, FI Rahman, F Hussain… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial resistance has been posing an alarming threat to the treatment of infectious
diseases over the years. Ineffectiveness of the currently available synthetic and …

The licorice pentacyclic triterpenoid component 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid enhances the activity of antibiotics against strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus …

A de Breij, TG Karnaoukh, J Schrumpf… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
This study aimed to identify compounds that enhance the activity of current antibiotics
against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Screening of a 350+ compound proprietary small …

Cytotoxicity, antiviral and antimicrobial activities of alkaloids, flavonoids, and phenolic acids

B Özçelik, M Kartal, I Orhan - Pharmaceutical biology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Some natural products consisting of the alkaloids yohimbine and vincamine
(indole-type), scopolamine and atropine (tropane-type), colchicine (tropolone-type) …

Antimicrobial activities and mechanisms of extract and components of herbs in East Asia

J Liang, X Huang, G Ma - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibacterial drugs face increasing challenges due to drug resistance and adverse
reactions, which has created a pressing need for the discovery and development of novel …

The promiscuous and synergic molecular interaction of polyphenols in bactericidal activity: An opportunity to improve the performance of antibiotics?

L Tomás‐Menor, E Barrajón‐Catalán… - Phytotherapy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plant polyphenols are a potential source of new antimicrobial molecules against bacteria
because most newly developed antimicrobial agents do not improve the clinical …

Quinone pool, a key target of plant flavonoids inhibiting gram-positive bacteria

L Zhang, Y Yan, J Zhu, X Xia, G Yuan, S Li, B Deng… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant flavonoids have attracted increasing attention as new antimicrobial agents or
adjuvants. In our previous work, it was confirmed that the cell membrane is the major site of …

Phytochemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Hydroalcoholic Extracts of Pterospartum tridentatum and Mentha pulegium against Staphylococcus aureus …

A Aires, E Marrinhas, R Carvalho… - BioMed research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Pterospartum tridentatum and Mentha pulegium are largely used in Portuguese folk
medicine to treat several human disorders and inflammatory processes but without any …

The relationship between structure and in vitro antibacterial activity of selected isoflavones and their metabolites with special focus on antistaphylococcal effect of …

J Hummelova, J Rondevaldova… - Letters in applied …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we tested 15 naturally occurring isoflavones and their metabolites for their
possible antibacterial properties against nine Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria …

Antimicrobial terpenoids as a potential substitute in overcoming antimicrobial resistance

A Sharma, A Biharee, A Kumar, V Jaitak - Current Drug Targets, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
There was a golden era where everyone thought that microbes can no longer establish
threat to humans but the time has come where microbes are proposing strong resistance …

Synergism between natural products and antibiotics against infectious diseases

S Hemaiswarya, AK Kruthiventi, M Doble - Phytomedicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have been effective in treating infectious diseases, but resistance to these drugs
has led to the emergence of new and the reemergence of old infectious diseases. One …