Natural products as antibacterial agents

GB Mahady, Y Huang, BJ Doyle, T Locklear - Studies in natural products …, 2008 - Elsevier
For thousands of years medicinal plants have played a significant role in the treatment of a
wide range of medical conditions, including infectious diseases. Some naturally occurring …

Leveraging marine natural products as a platform to tackle bacterial resistance and persistence

MA Valdes-Pena, NP Massaro, YC Lin… - Accounts of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Antimicrobial resistance to existing antibiotics represents one of the greatest
threats to human health and is growing at an alarming rate. To further complicate treatment …

Plant-derived products as antibacterial and antifungal agents in human health care

L Kokoska, P Kloucek, O Leuner… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
A number of papers reporting antimicrobial properties of extracts, essential oils, resins and
various classes of compounds isolated from higher plants have been published in recent …

Naturally occurring terpenes: A promising class of organic molecules to address influenza pandemics

SAA Al-Salihi, F Alberti - Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2021 - Springer
Since the olden times, infectious diseases have largely affected human existence. The
newly emerged infections are excessively caused by viruses that are largely associated with …

Phenylpropanoid derivatives and their role in plants' health and as antimicrobials

A Ortiz, E Sansinenea - Current Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Phenylpropanoids belong to a wide group of compounds commonly secreted by plants and
involved in different roles related with plant growth and development and the defense …

Targeting antimicrobial drug resistance with marine natural products

F Barbosa, E Pinto, A Kijjoa, M Pinto… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance represents one of the most pressing health
issues of today. Antimicrobial resistance in micro-organisms can arise due to a multiplicity of …

Plant phenolics and terpenoids as adjuvants of antibacterial and antifungal drugs

SA Zacchino, E Butassi, M Di Liberto, M Raimondi… - Phytomedicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The intensive use of antibacterial and antifungal drugs has dramatically
increased the microbial resistance and has led to a higher number of difficult-to-eradicate …

Potential of marine natural products against drug-resistant bacterial infections

M Liu, EM El-Hossary, TA Oelschlaeger… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Natural products have been a rich source of compounds with structural and chemical
diversity for drug discovery. However, antibiotic resistance in bacteria has been reported for …

Stilbenoids: A natural arsenal against bacterial pathogens

LM Mattio, G Catinella, S Dallavalle, A Pinto - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The escalating emergence of resistant bacterial strains is one of the most important threats
to human health. With the increasing incidence of multi-drugs infections, there is an urgent …

Plant-based phytochemicals as possible alternative to antibiotics in combating bacterial drug resistance

HMA AlSheikh, I Sultan, V Kumar, IA Rather… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The unprecedented use of antibiotics that led to development of resistance affect human
health worldwide. Prescription of antibiotics imprudently and irrationally in different diseases …