Wound healing and antimicrobial effect of active secondary metabolites in chitosan-based wound dressings: A review

A Moeini, P Pedram, P Makvandi, M Malinconico… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound healing can lead to complex clinical problems, hence finding an efficient approach to
enhance the healing process is necessary. An ideal wound dressing should treat wounds at …

Natural polymer-based antimicrobial hydrogels without synthetic antibiotics as wound dressings

Y Zhong, H Xiao, F Seidi, Y Jin - Biomacromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wound healing is usually accompanied by bacterial infection. The excessive use of synthetic
antibiotics leads to drug resistance, posing a significant threat to human health. Hydrogel …

Therapeutic and medicinal uses of terpenes

D Cox-Georgian, N Ramadoss, C Dona… - Medicinal plants: from …, 2019 - Springer
Terpenes, also known as terpenoids are the largest and most diverse group of naturally
occurring compounds. Based on the number of isoprene units they have, they are classified …

TFOS DEWS II management and therapy report

L Jones, LE Downie, D Korb, JM Benitez-del-Castillo… - The ocular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The members of the Management and Therapy Subcommittee undertook an evidence-
based review of current dry eye therapies and management options. Management options …

Essential oils and antifungal activity

F Nazzaro, F Fratianni, R Coppola, V De Feo - Pharmaceuticals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Since ancient times, folk medicine and agro-food science have benefitted from the use of
plant derivatives, such as essential oils, to combat different diseases, as well as to preserve …

Computational evaluation of major components from plant essential oils as potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

SA Kulkarni, SK Nagarajan, V Ramesh… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 has recently emerged as a global pandemic.
Intense efforts are ongoing to find a vaccine or a drug to control the disease across the …

Plant-based phytochemicals as possible alternative to antibiotics in combating bacterial drug resistance

HMA AlSheikh, I Sultan, V Kumar, IA Rather… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The unprecedented use of antibiotics that led to development of resistance affect human
health worldwide. Prescription of antibiotics imprudently and irrationally in different diseases …

A status review on the medicinal properties of essential oils

JS Raut, SM Karuppayil - Industrial crops and products, 2014 - Elsevier
Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of low molecular weight compounds extracted
from plants by steam distillation and various solvents. Terpenoids and phenylpropanoids are …

Therapeutic applications of terpenes on inflammatory diseases

ML Del Prado-Audelo, H Cortés… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the last decades, the search for natural products with biological applications as alternative
treatments for several inflammatory diseases has increased. In this respect, terpenes are a …

Nanoparticles—Attractive carriers of antimicrobial essential oils

A Nair, R Mallya, V Suvarna, TA Khan, M Momin… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial pathogens are the most prevalent cause of chronic infections and fatalities around
the world. Antimicrobial agents including antibiotics have been frequently utilized in the …