Many antimicrobial agents that target bacteria are cationic and can interact with the anionic
lipid components that are exposed on the bacterial membrane. Bacteria vary widely in the …

The increasing drug resistance of M ycobacterium tuberculosis to the currently used drugs
and HIV coinfection has caused alarm in the international scientific community …

The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria has led to exploration of alternative
therapeutic agents such as ribosomally synthesized bacterial peptides known as …

Antimicrobial mechanism of four flavonoids (kaempferol, hesperitin,(+)-catechin hydrate,
biochanin A) against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 was investigated through cell …

Antibiotic resistance is an escalating, worldwide problem. Due to excessive use of
antibiotics, multidrug-resistant bacteria have become a serious threat and a major global …

The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, viruses and tumors is a serious threat to
public health. Among natural peptides, indolicidin, a 13-residue peptide belonging to the …

The global spread of antibiotic-resistant infections has meant that there is an urgent need to
develop new antimicrobial alternatives. In this study, we developed a strategy to boost …

The extensive use and misuse of antibiotics in medicine result in the emergence of multidrug-
resistant bacteria, creating an urgent need for the development of new chemotherapeutic …

Short modified oligonucleotides targeted at bacterial DNA or RNA could serve as
antibacterial agents provided that they are efficiently taken up by bacterial cells. However …

There is an urgent and imminent need to develop new antimicrobials to fight against
antibiotic-resistant bacterial and fungal strains. In this study, a checkerboard method was …