There is an increasing interest in the use of beneficial microorganisms as alternatives to
chemically synthesized or plant-derived molecules to produce therapeutic agents. Bacterial …

The current state of heavy metal (HM) environmental pollution problems was considered in
the review: the effects of HMs on the vital activity of plants and the functioning of their …

Medicinal plants have played an essential role in the treatment of various diseases. Thymus
vulgaris, a medicinal plant, has been extensively used for biological and pharmaceutical …

The overuse of antibiotics in the past decades has led to the emergence of a large number
of drug-resistant microorganisms. In recent years, the infection rate caused by multidrug …

Calcium oxide nanoparticles (CaO NPs) have unique catalytic and biological properties;
their activities are highly influenced by their morphology; as a result, these characteristics …

Phloretin is a flavonoid of the dihydrogen chalcone class, present abundantly in apples and
strawberries. The beneficial effects of phloretin are mainly associated with its potent …

In this study, the methanolic and infusion extracts of two species, Thymbra capitata and
Thymus sipyleus subsp. rosulans, were tested for their chemical composition and biological …

With the climate constantly changing, plants suffer more frequently from various abiotic and
biotic stresses. However, they have evolved biosynthetic machinery to survive in stressful …

Biotic stresses threaten to destabilize global food security and cause major losses to crop
yield worldwide. In response to pest and pathogen attacks, plants trigger many adaptive …

The rhizosphere consists of a plethora of microbes, interacting with each other as well as
with the plants present in proximity. The root exudates consist of a variety of secondary …