Plant natural products targeting bacterial virulence factors

LN Silva, KR Zimmer, AJ Macedo, DS Trentin - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Decreased antimicrobial efficiency has become a global public health issue. The paucity of
new antibacterial drugs is evident, and the arsenal against infectious diseases needs to be …

[HTML][HTML] New perspectives on the use of phytochemicals as an emergent strategy to control bacterial infections including biofilms

A Borges, AC Abreu, C Dias, MJ Saavedra, F Borges… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The majority of current infectious diseases are almost untreatable by conventional antibiotic
therapy given the advent of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The degree of severity and the …

Chemical composition, antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-quorum sensing activities of Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus radiata essential oils

 Luís, A Duarte, J Gominho, F Domingues… - Industrial Crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The interest in plant polyphenol antioxidants has increased remarkably over the last decade
mostly because of their protective effects against different diseases, including …

Production and characterization of chitosan based edible films from Berberis crataegina's fruit extract and seed oil

M Kaya, P Ravikumar, S Ilk, M Mujtaba, L Akyuz… - Innovative Food Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan-based edible films were prepared by supplementing Berberis crataegina DC.'s
seed oil and fruit extract into chitosan matrix. The produced films have characterized both …

The effects of conventional and non-conventional processing on glucosinolates and its derived forms, isothiocyanates: extraction, degradation, and applications

Q Deng, KG Zinoviadou, CM Galanakis, V Orlien… - Food Engineering …, 2015 - Springer
In recent decades, glucosinolates and isothiocyanates have attracted the interest of scientific
community due to healthy properties of these bioactive compounds and their role as natural …

The antibacterial properties of isothiocyanates

V Dufour, M Stahl, C Baysse - Microbiology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are natural plant products generated by the enzymic hydrolysis of
glucosinolates found in Brassicaceae vegetables. These natural sulfur compounds and their …

[HTML][HTML] The Natural Antimicrobial Carvacrol Inhibits Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum and Reduces Bacterial Biofilm Formation at Sub-Lethal …

SA Burt, VTA Ojo-Fakunle, J Woertman… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The formation of biofilm by bacteria confers resistance to biocides and presents problems in
medical and veterinary clinical settings. Here we report the effect of carvacrol, one of the …

Review on bacterial biofilm: An universal cause of contamination

S Satpathy, SK Sen, S Pattanaik, S Raut - Biocatalysis and agricultural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilms contain cluster of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic and
abiotic surfaces. Biofilm formation is a dynamic process and different mechanisms are …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Phytochemicals against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and Their Biofilms

J Monte, AC Abreu, A Borges, LC Simões, M Simões - Pathogens, 2014 - mdpi.com
Bacteria can be resistant to multiple antibiotics and we are fast approaching a time when
antibiotics will not work on some bacterial infections. New antimicrobial compounds are …

Antioxidant properties of coriander essential oil and linalool and their potential to control Campylobacter spp.

A Duarte, Â Luís, M Oleastro, FC Domingues - Food Control, 2016 - Elsevier
Foodborne diseases remain common around the world with Campylobacteriosis being the
most commonly reported zoonosis in the European Union in 2013. Campylobacter jejuni …