Synergistic interactions of phytochemicals with antimicrobial agents: Potential strategy to counteract drug resistance

M Ayaz, F Ullah, A Sadiq, F Ullah, M Ovais… - Chemico-biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is a global threat and has created
problems in providing adequate treatment of many infectious diseases. Although the …

[HTML][HTML] Green alternatives as antimicrobial agents in mitigating periodontal diseases: a narrative review

SA Mosaddad, A Hussain, H Tebyaniyan - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Periodontal diseases and dental caries are the most common infectious oral diseases
impacting oral health globally. Oral cavity health is crucial for enhancing life quality since it …

[HTML][HTML] Essential oils, a new horizon in combating bacterial antibiotic resistance

PSX Yap, BC Yiap, HC Ping… - The open microbiology …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For many years, the battle between humans and the multitudes of infection and disease
causing pathogens continues. Emerging at the battlefield as some of the most significant …

Plants as sources of new antimicrobials and resistance-modifying agents

AC Abreu, AJ McBain, M Simões - Natural product reports, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to November 2011 Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are an
increasing problem due to the emergence and propagation of microbial drug resistance and …

Pomegranate and its many functional components as related to human health: a review

M Viuda‐Martos, J Fernández‐López… - … reviews in food …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is an ancient fruit that is widely consumed as fresh fruit
and juice. The use of pomegranate fruit dates from ancient times and reports of its …

Efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria: an update

XZ Li, H Nikaido - Drugs, 2009 - Springer
Drug efflux pumps play a key role in drug resistance and also serve other functions in
bacteria. There has been a growing list of multidrug and drug-specific efflux pumps …

Synergism between natural products and antibiotics against infectious diseases

S Hemaiswarya, AK Kruthiventi, M Doble - Phytomedicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have been effective in treating infectious diseases, but resistance to these drugs
has led to the emergence of new and the reemergence of old infectious diseases. One …

Therapeutic applications of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.): a review.

J Jurenka - Alternative medicine review, 2008 - search.ebscohost.com
The pomegranate, Punica granatum L, is an ancient, mystical, unique fruit borne on a small,
long-living tree cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region, as far north as the …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic potentiators against multidrug-resistant bacteria: discovery, development, and clinical relevance

M Chawla, J Verma, R Gupta, B Das - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial resistance in clinically important microbes has emerged as an unmet
challenge in global health. Extensively drug-resistant bacterial pathogens have cropped up …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial activity of five herbal extracts against multi drug resistant (MDR) strains of bacteria and fungus of clinical origin

R Khan, B Islam, M Akram, S Shakil, A Ahmad, SM Ali… - Molecules, 2009 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial activities of the crude ethanolic extracts of five plants were screened against
multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Candida …