Towards advances in medicinal plant antimicrobial activity: A review study on challenges and future perspectives

N Vaou, E Stavropoulou, C Voidarou, C Tsigalou… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing incidence of drug-resistant pathogens raises an urgent need to identify and
isolate new bioactive compounds from medicinal plants using standardized modern …

Plant natural flavonoids against multidrug resistant pathogens

M Song, Y Liu, T Li, X Liu, Z Hao, S Ding… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing emergence and dissemination of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial
pathogens accelerate the desires for new antibiotics. Natural products dominate the …

Understanding antimicrobial activities of phytochemicals against multidrug resistant bacteria and biofilms

M Simoes, RN Bennett, EAS Rosa - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to November 2008New sources of antimicrobial products need to be identified
due to the existence and constant evolution of resistant microorganisms and phenotypes …

The revaluation of plant-derived terpenes to fight antibiotic-resistant infections

F Cappiello, MR Loffredo, C Del Plato, S Cammarone… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The discovery of antibiotics has revolutionized the medicine and treatment of microbial
infections. However, the current scenario has highlighted the difficulties in marketing new …

Natural compounds and extracts as novel antimicrobial agents

P Guglielmi, V Pontecorvi, G Rotondi - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide problem accounting for the reduction or
in some cases absence of drugs effectiveness normally used in infections treatment. In the …

Potential of selected African medicinal plants as alternative therapeutics against multi-drug-resistant bacteria

BN Moiketsi, KPP Makale, G Rantong, TO Rahube… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is considered a “One-Health” problem, impacting humans, animals,
and the environment. The problem of the rapid development and spread of bacteria resistant …

Phytochemicals increase the antibacterial activity of antibiotics by acting on a drug efflux pump

T Ohene‐Agyei, R Mowla, T Rahman… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Drug efflux pumps confer resistance upon bacteria to a wide range of antibiotics from
various classes. The expression of efflux pumps are also implicated in virulence and biofilm …

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 …

Novel opportunity to reverse antibiotic resistance: to explore traditional Chinese medicine with potential activity against antibiotics-resistance bacteria

T Su, Y Qiu, X Hua, B Ye, H Luo, D Liu, P Qu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance is becoming significantly prominent and urgent in clinical practice with
the increasing and wide application of antibacterial drugs. However, developing and …

Evaluation of cell membrane integrity as a potential antimicrobial target for plant products

TA Chitemerere, S Mukanganyama - BMC complementary and alternative …, 2014 - Springer
Background There is urgent need to discover new antimicrobial compounds with diverse
chemical structures and mechanisms of action due to increasing new and re-emerging …