Plant based natural products as potential ecofriendly and safer biopesticides: A comprehensive overview of their advantages over conventional pesticides, limitations …

A Khursheed, MA Rather, V Jain, S Rasool, R Nazir… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
The commercially used synthetic pesticides have been proven to be toxic not only to
humans and other animals, but also to non-target plant, the surrounding organisms around …

Antimicrobial activity of polyphenols and alkaloids in middle eastern plants

L Othman, A Sleiman, RM Abdel-Massih - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms have been an ever-growing concern over the past years.
This has led researchers to direct their attention onto plants to be able to discover new …

The Antimicrobial Potential of the Neem Tree Azadirachta indica

MR Wylie, DS Merrell - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Azadirachta indica (A. Juss), also known as the neem tree, has been used for millennia as a
traditional remedy for a multitude of human ailments. Also recognized around the world as a …

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 …

Antimicrobial importance of medicinal plants in Nigeria

HU Ugboko, OC Nwinyi, SU Oranusi… - The Scientific World …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the success of antibiotic discovery, infectious diseases remain the second leading
source of death worldwide, while the resistance to antibiotics is among the significant …

New perspectives on the use of phytochemicals as an emergent strategy to control bacterial infections including biofilms

A Borges, AC Abreu, C Dias, MJ Saavedra, F Borges… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The majority of current infectious diseases are almost untreatable by conventional antibiotic
therapy given the advent of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The degree of severity and the …

Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Ficus religiosa: A review

D Singh, B Singh, RK Goel - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Ficus religiosa L.(Moraceae) has been
extensively used in traditional medicine for a wide range of ailments of the central nervous …

The potential of systems biology to discover antibacterial mechanisms of plant phenolics

CS Rempe, KP Burris, SC Lenaghan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Drug resistance of bacterial pathogens is a growing problem that can be addressed through
the discovery of compounds with novel mechanisms of antibacterial activity. Natural …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial potential and synergistic interaction between natural polyphenolic extracts and synthetic antibiotic on clinical isolates

S Atta, D Waseem, H Fatima, I Naz, F Rasheed… - Saudi Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emergence of antimicrobial resistance complicates treatment of infections by antibiotics.
This has driven research on novel and combination antibacterial therapies. The present …

Synergistic antimicrobial activity between pentacyclic triterpenoids and antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus strains

PY Chung, P Navaratnam, LY Chung - Annals of clinical microbiology and …, 2011 - Springer
Background There has been considerable effort to discover plant-derived antibacterials
against methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which have …