Antimicrobial compounds from natural sources

• Main Author: Pedro Ismael Da Silva Jr (auth)
• Other Authors: Fernando C. Bizerra (auth), Mirian A. Hayashi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); antimicrobial; natural compounds; antiseptic; preservation; Peptides
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The nature is a generous source of a number of compounds with potential application for the treatment of several diseases including the infectious diseases, which is of utmost concern for the modern medicine due to the observed striding antimicrobial resistance. A number of sources of natural compou...