The extensive search for therapeutic agents derived from higher plants has recently
accelerated owing to the antibiotic resistance crisis, which is a serious warning to human …

No doubt that antibiotics are a miracle drugs. They stands against various infectious
diseases for decades and saved millions of lives. However, the recent failure of antibiotics …

Plants produce a great diversity of phytochemicals, the beneficial properties of which have
been used by humans for centuries since the advent of human civilization. With the …

Development of multiple drug resistance among pathogens is of global concern today. It is
mainly due to non-target use of drugs (poultry, aquaculture, veterinary), over or under use of …

As per WHO reports, about three-quarters (65-80%) of the world's population seek plants or
plant-derived natural products for various diseases. The slow discovery of new synthetic …

With the emergence and evolution of bacterial strains, it is now becoming difficult for
pharmaceutical industries to provide remedies required for the betterment of mankind …

In recent years, the number of microbial infectious diseases has increased considerably.
The proliferation of novel viruses and the information of new resistant strains pose a risk to …

Infectious diseases, which are caused by invasion of foreign pathogens such as viruses,
bacteria, fungi and parasites have casted a considerable burden on individuals and health …

As people are becoming more health conscious, there is a huge worldwide surge in the sale
of phytomedicines. Ethnopharmacologists, botanists, microbiologists, and natural products …

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics that often results in the development of “side effects” and
“drug resistance” in the disease‐causing agents indicates the need to search for alternate …