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 …

Plant natural products targeting bacterial virulence factors

LN Silva, KR Zimmer, AJ Macedo, DS Trentin - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Decreased antimicrobial efficiency has become a global public health issue. The paucity of
new antibacterial drugs is evident, and the arsenal against infectious diseases needs to be …

Review on bacterial biofilm: An universal cause of contamination

S Satpathy, SK Sen, S Pattanaik, S Raut - Biocatalysis and agricultural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilms contain cluster of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic and
abiotic surfaces. Biofilm formation is a dynamic process and different mechanisms are …

Mini review of phytochemicals and plant taxa with activity as microbial biofilm and quorum sensing inhibitors

CAK Ta, JT Arnason - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Microbial biofilms readily form on many surfaces in nature including plant surfaces. In order
to coordinate the formation of these biofilms, microorganisms use a cell-to-cell …

A review of natural products with anti-biofilm activity

X Song, YX Xia, ZD He, HJ Zhang - Current Organic Chemistry, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Biofilm is a microbial community of microbes that attach to a surface and are
enclosed in an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS). Formation of these sessile …

Exogenous fatty acids alter phospholipid composition, membrane permeability, capacity for biofilm formation, and antimicrobial peptide susceptibility in Klebsiella …

CR Hobby, JL Herndon, CA Morrow… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Klebsiella pneumoniae represents a major threat to human health due to a combination of
its nosocomial emergence and a propensity for acquiring antibiotic resistance …

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of paeoniflorin against carbapenem‐resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

W Qian, J Zhang, W Wang, T Wang… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aim To evaluate the antimicrobial effect of paeoniflorin against carbapenem‐resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). Methods and Results Minimum inhibitory concentration …

Efficiency of vanilla, patchouli and ylang ylang essential oils stabilized by iron oxide@ C14 nanostructures against bacterial adherence and biofilms formed by …

M Bilcu, AM Grumezescu, AE Oprea, RC Popescu… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Biofilms formed by bacterial cells are associated with drastically enhanced resistance
against most antimicrobial agents, contributing to the persistence and chronicization of the …

Phenolic compounds with anti-virulence properties

N Muñoz-Cazares, R García-Contreras… - Phenolic …, 2017 - books.google.com
Natural products represent the major source of approved drugs and still play an important
role in supplying chemical diversity as well as new structures for designing more efficient …

Medicinal chemistry of inhibitors targeting resistant bacteria

KLC Monteiro, ON Silva… - Current Topics in …, 2022 - benthamdirect.com
The discovery of antibiotics was a revolutionary feat that provided countless health benefits.
The identification of penicillin by Alexander Fleming initiated the era of antibiotics …