Phytochemicals: A Promising Weapon in the Arsenal against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

The extensive usage of antibiotics and the rapid emergence of antimicrobial-resistant microbes (AMR) are becoming important global public health issues. Many solutions to these problems have been proposed, including developing alternative compounds with antimicrobial activities, managing existing an...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bahman Khameneh (Author), N. A. Michael Eskin (Author), Milad Iranshahy (Author), Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz (Author)
Format: Book
Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this object online.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000 am a22000003u 4500
001 doaj_ca04af3e4f634e89a89a2620ce879a05
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Bahman Khameneh  |e author 
700 1 0 |a N. A. Michael Eskin  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Milad Iranshahy  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Phytochemicals: A Promising Weapon in the Arsenal against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 
260 |b MDPI AG,   |c 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z. 
500 |a 10.3390/antibiotics10091044 
500 |a 2079-6382 
520 |a The extensive usage of antibiotics and the rapid emergence of antimicrobial-resistant microbes (AMR) are becoming important global public health issues. Many solutions to these problems have been proposed, including developing alternative compounds with antimicrobial activities, managing existing antimicrobials, and rapidly detecting AMR pathogens. Among all of them, employing alternative compounds such as phytochemicals alone or in combination with other antibacterial agents appears to be both an effective and safe strategy for battling against these pathogens. The present review summarizes the scientific evidence on the biochemical, pharmacological, and clinical aspects of phytochemicals used to treat microbial pathogenesis. A wide range of commercial products are currently available on the market. Their well-documented clinical efficacy suggests that phytomedicines are valuable sources of new types of antimicrobial agents for future use. Innovative approaches and methodologies for identifying plant-derived products effective against AMR are also proposed in this review. 
546 |a EN 
690 |a phytochemicals 
690 |a antibiotic resistance 
690 |a complementary medicine 
690 |a herbal medicine 
690 |a clinical applications 
690 |a Therapeutics. Pharmacology 
690 |a RM1-950 
655 7 |a article  |2 local 
786 0 |n Antibiotics, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1044 (2021) 
787 0 |n https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/9/1044 
787 0 |n https://doaj.org/toc/2079-6382 
856 4 1 |u https://doaj.org/article/ca04af3e4f634e89a89a2620ce879a05  |z Connect to this object online.