Antifungals

S Campoy, JL Adrio - Biochemical pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
The need for new antifungal agents is undeniable. Current therapeutic choices for the
treatment of invasive fungal infections are limited to three classes of drugs. Most used …

[HTML][HTML] Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review

M Balouiri, M Sadiki, SK Ibnsouda - Journal of pharmaceutical analysis, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in researching and developing new
antimicrobial agents from various sources to combat microbial resistance. Therefore, a …

Antifungal drug development: challenges, unmet clinical needs, and new approaches

T Roemer, DJ Krysan - Cold Spring …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Invasive, life-threatening fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality,
particularly for patients with compromised immune function. The number of therapeutic …

Green biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using novel endophytic Rothia endophytica: Characterization and anticandidal activity

MA Elbahnasawy, AM Shehabeldine… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has the ability to improve human health with novel tools for the treatment of
diseases. In this study, Rothia endophytica is a novel endophytic bacterial strain isolated …

Green Synthesis of Encapsulated Copper Nanoparticles Using a Hydroalcoholic Extract of Moringa oleifera Leaves and Assessment of Their Antioxidant and …

PE Das, IA Abu-Yousef, AF Majdalawieh… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts is a very promising method in
green synthesis. The medicinal value of Moringa oleifera leaves and the antimicrobial …

Current screening methodologies in drug discovery for selected human diseases

OM Lage, MC Ramos, R Calisto, E Almeida… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
The increase of many deadly diseases like infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria implies
re-inventing the wheel on drug discovery. A better comprehension of the metabolisms and …

Recent advances in natural product discovery

Y Luo, RE Cobb, H Zhao - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Natural products are discovered through top-down and bottom-up
approaches.•Diverse sampling provides diverse natural products.•Powerful analytical …

[HTML][HTML] Methodologies for in vitro and in vivo evaluation of efficacy of antifungal and antibiofilm agents and surface coatings against fungal biofilms

P Van Dijck, J Sjollema, BPA Cammue, K Lagrou… - Microbial Cell, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unlike superficial fungal infections of the skin and nails, which are the most common fungal
diseases in humans, invasive fungal infections carry high morbidity and mortality …

Combined LC/UV/MS and NMR strategies for the dereplication of marine natural products

I Pérez-Victoria, J Martín, F Reyes - Planta medica, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Drug discovery from marine natural products has experienced a revival since the beginning
of this century. To be successful in this field, rapid dereplication (identification of already …

Genome-scale metabolic modeling of Aspergillus fumigatus strains reveals growth dependencies on the lung microbiome

MH Mirhakkak, X Chen, Y Ni, T Heinekamp… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aspergillus fumigatus, an opportunistic human pathogen, frequently infects the lungs of
people with cystic fibrosis and is one of the most common causes of infectious-disease …