Functional properties and antimicrobial activity from lactic acid bacteria as resources to improve the health and welfare of honey bees

M Iorizzo, F Letizia, S Ganassi, B Testa, S Petrarca… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Honey bees play a pivotal role in the sustainability of ecosystems and
biodiversity. Many factors including parasites, pathogens, pesticide residues, forage losses …

Contribution of aldehydes and their derivatives to antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities

MN Aljaafari, MA Alkhoori, M Hag-Ali, WH Cheng… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are intricate combinations of evaporative compounds produced by
aromatic plants and extracted by distillation or expression. EOs are natural secondary …

Application of essential oils in food industry: challenges and innovation

K Saeed, I Pasha, MF Jahangir Chughtai… - Journal of Essential …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Essential oils are highly volatile lipophilic mixture of plant secondary metabolites. Due to
their diverse bioactive profiles, essential oils have strong antimicrobial and antioxidant …

Antifungal activity of selected essential oils against Fusarium culmorum and F. graminearum and their secondary metabolites in wheat seeds

A Perczak, D Gwiazdowska, K Marchwińska… - Archives of …, 2019 - Springer
Essential oils (EOs) are products of plant origin and include mixtures of different chemical
compounds. These volatile substances have many interesting properties, including …

Use of essential oils in veterinary medicine to combat bacterial and fungal infections

VV Ebani, F Mancianti - Veterinary sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are secondary metabolites of plants employed in folk medicine for a
long time thanks to their multiple properties. In the last years, their use has been introduced …

Antifungal Activity of Select Essential Oils against Candida auris and Their Interactions with Antifungal Drugs

RA Parker, KT Gabriel, KD Graham, BK Butts… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen that commonly causes nosocomial blood
infections in the immunocompromised. Several factors make this pathogen a global threat …

Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems

S Mammola, MB Meierhofer, PAV Borges… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subterranean ecosystems are among the most widespread environments on Earth, yet we
still have poor knowledge of their biodiversity. To raise awareness of subterranean …

Rhamnolipids supplement in salinized soils improves cotton growth through ameliorating soil properties and modifying rhizosphere communities

Z Chen, C Chen, Y Yang, X Wang, H Zhou, C Zhang - Applied Soil Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil salinization is a global environmental concern due to its great restriction on land use
efficiencies and crop production. Rhamnolipids demonstrate great potential in ameliorating …

Pseudogymnoascus destructans growth in wood, soil and guano substrates

J Urbina, T Chestnut, JM Allen, T Levi - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding how a pathogen can grow on different substrates and how this growth
impacts its dispersal are critical to understanding the risks and control of emerging infectious …

Plants and Their Derivatives as Promising Therapeutics for Sustainable Control of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Pathogens

R Bava, F Castagna, S Ruga, S Nucera, R Caminiti… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most important pollinator for agricultural crops is the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera).
During the winter and summer seasons, diseases and stresses of various kinds endanger …