The natural product curcumin as an antibacterial agent: Current achievements and problems

C Dai, J Lin, H Li, Z Shen, Y Wang, T Velkov, J Shen - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of antibiotic resistance and lack of effective drugs for treating infections
caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria in animal and human medicine have forced us to find …

Preventing microbial infections with natural phenolic compounds

K Ecevit, AA Barros, JM Silva, RL Reis - Future Pharmacology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The struggle between humans and pathogens has taken and is continuing to take countless
lives every year. As the misusage of conventional antibiotics increases, the complexity …

Development of an antibacterial and antioxidative nanofibrous membrane using curcumin-loaded halloysite nanotubes for smart wound healing: In vitro and in vivo …

M Shakiba, M Sheikhi, Z Pahnavar, A Tajiki… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Endowing wound dressings with drug delivery capability is a suitable strategy to transfer
medicinal compounds locally to damaged skin layers. These dressings are especially useful …

Biofilms in surgical site infections: recent advances and novel prevention and eradication strategies

A Hrynyshyn, M Simões, A Borges - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common postoperative occurrences due to contamination
of the surgical wound or implanted medical devices with community or hospital-acquired …

Insight into the progress on natural dyes: sources, structural features, health effects, challenges, and potential

N Li, Q Wang, J Zhou, S Li, J Liu, H Chen - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Dyes play an important role in food, medicine, textile, and other industries,
which make human life more colorful. With the increasing demand for food safety, the …

Molecular modeling study of micro and nanocurcumin with in vitro and in vivo antibacterial validation

AS Othman, IM Shamekh, M Abdalla, WA Eltayb… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Repurposing natural compounds as inhibitory targets to combat bacterial virulence is an
important potential strategy to overcome resistance to traditional antibiotics, in the present …

Gelatin-based nanofiber membranes loaded with curcumin and borneol as a sustainable wound dressing

Y Lv, Z Yu, C Li, J Zhou, X Lv, J Chen, M Wei… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Infection is a huge obstacle to wound healing. Thus, to enhance the healing of infected
wounds, wound dressings that permit the dual delivery of antimicrobials and antioxidants …

Antimicrobial and wound healing activities of electrospun nanofibers based on functionalized carbohydrates and proteins

M Alavi, A Nokhodchi - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
The anti-adhesion, anti-growth and the anti-penetration of bacteria, specifically multidrug-
resistant bacteria, should be taken into consideration when designing promising wound …

Influence of the hydrophobicity of pluronic micelles encapsulating curcumin on the membrane permeability and enhancement of photoinduced antibacterial activity

MA Tănase, AC Soare, LM Diţu, CL Nistor, CI Mihaescu… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Apart from its well-known activity as an antimicrobial agent, Curcumin (CURC) has recently
started to arouse interest as a photosensitizer in the photodynamic therapy of bacterial …

A Review on Five and Six-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds Targeting the Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 (PBP2A) of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

SS Ambade, VK Gupta, RP Bhole, PB Khedekar… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a common human pathogen. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) infections pose significant and challenging therapeutic difficulties. MRSA …