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 …

Curcumin loaded zinc oxide nanoparticles for activity-enhanced antibacterial and anticancer applications

W Perera, RK Dissanayake, UI Ranatunga… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide nanoparticles and curcumin have been shown to be excellent antimicrobial
agents and promising anticancer agents, both on their own as well as in combination …

Antibiofilm, antimicrobial, anti-quorum sensing, and antioxidant activities of Saudi Sidr Honey: in vitro and molecular docking studies

AS Bazaid, A Alsolami, M Patel, AM Khateb… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sidr honey is a valuable source of bioactive compounds with promising biological
properties. In the present study, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-quorum sensing …

Curcumin assisted green synthesis of silver and zinc oxide nanostructures and their antibacterial activity against some clinical pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria

N El-Kattan, AN Emam, AS Mansour, MA Ibrahim… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
According to WHO warnings, the antibiotic resistance crisis is a severe health issue in the
21st century, attributed to the overuse and misuse of these medications. Consequently, the …

Cell division protein FtsZ: from structure and mechanism to antibiotic target

N Silber, CL Matos de Opitz, C Mayer… - Future microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance to virtually all clinically applied antibiotic classes severely limits the
available options to treat bacterial infections. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop and …

The discovery of natural 4'-demethylepipodophyllotoxin from renewable Dysosma versipellis species as a novel bacterial cell division inhibitor for controlling …

X Zhou, H Ye, X Gao, Y Feng, W Shao, P Qi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) are inexhaustible wellsprings for new agrochemicals discovery. To
excavate novel natural products-based antibacterial leads or candidates potentially …

Antibacterial activity of isobavachalcone (IBC) is associated with membrane disruption

LR Assis, RS Theodoro, MBS Costa, JAS Nascentes… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Isobavachalcone (IBC) is a natural prenylated chalcone with a broad spectrum of
pharmacological properties. In this work, we newly synthesized and investigated the …

Endophytes of Brazilian medicinal plants with activity against phytopathogens

J Iantas, DC Savi, RS Schibelbein, SA Noriler… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plant diseases caused by phytopathogens are responsible for significant crop losses
worldwide. Resistance induction and biological control have been exploited in agriculture …

A novel dual-functional coating based on curcumin/APEG polymer with antibacterial and antifouling properties

L Qu, X Li, J Zhou, K Cao, Q Xie, P Zhou, W Qian… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Infection associated with implants and devices is a problem in medicine, especially when
bacterial colonization leads to the formation of biofilms on the implant surface. Here, we …