Ethnobotany and the role of plant natural products in antibiotic drug discovery

G Porras, F Chassagne, JT Lyles, L Marquez… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The crisis of antibiotic resistance necessitates creative and innovative approaches, from
chemical identification and analysis to the assessment of bioactivity. Plant natural products …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemistry of terpenes and recent advances in plant protection

V Ninkuu, L Zhang, J Yan, Z Fu, T Yang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biodiversity is adversely affected by the growing levels of synthetic chemicals released into
the environment due to agricultural activities. This has been the driving force for embracing …

A review of cinnamaldehyde and its derivatives as antibacterial agents

AA Doyle, JC Stephens - Fitoterapia, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a continuing rise in the occurrence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.
Antibiotic resistance to currently available antibiotics has become a global health issue …

Antimicrobial flavonoids as a potential substitute for overcoming antimicrobial resistance

A Biharee, A Sharma, A Kumar, V Jaitak - Fitoterapia, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death in 21 st century due to
antimicrobial resistance and scarcity of new molecules to undertake rising infections. There …

[HTML][HTML] Plant phenolics and phenolic-enriched extracts as antimicrobial agents against food-contaminating microorganisms

M Takó, EB Kerekes, C Zambrano, A Kotogán, T Papp… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phenolic compounds and extracts with bioactive properties can be obtained from many
kinds of plant materials. These natural substances have gained attention in the food …

Considerations and caveats in combating ESKAPE pathogens against nosocomial infections

YX Ma, CY Wang, YY Li, J Li, QQ Wan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter …

Antibacterial applications of metal–organic frameworks and their composites

M Shen, F Forghani, X Kong, D Liu, X Ye… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous coordination materials composed of
multidentate organic ligands and metal ions or metal clusters. MOFs have the great potential …

Quorum-sensing systems as targets for antivirulence therapy

T Defoirdt - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
The development of novel therapies to control diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant
pathogens is one of the major challenges we are currently facing. Many important plant …

[HTML][HTML] Plant secondary metabolites in the battle of drugs and drug-resistant bacteria: new heroes or worse clones of antibiotics?

CL Gorlenko, HY Kiselev, EV Budanova… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria are an important cause of mortality and
morbidity in all regions of the world. Bacterial drug resistance has grown in the last decades …

[HTML][HTML] Plant antimicrobials for food quality and safety: Recent views and future challenges

L Pinto, MR Tapia-Rodríguez, F Baruzzi… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for natural, safe, and sustainable food preservation methods drove
research towards the use of plant antimicrobials as an alternative to synthetic preservatives …