Modern approaches in the discovery and development of plant-based natural products and their analogues as potential therapeutic agents

A Najmi, SA Javed, M Al Bratty, HA Alhazmi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural products represents an important source of new lead compounds in drug discovery
research. Several drugs currently used as therapeutic agents have been developed from …

Optimization of metabolomic data processing using NOREVA

J Fu, Y Zhang, Y Wang, H Zhang, J Liu, J Tang… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
A typical output of a metabolomic experiment is a peak table corresponding to the intensity
of measured signals. Peak table processing, an essential procedure in metabolomics, is …

Origin of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, and their impacts on drug development: A narrative review

G Muteeb, MT Rehman, M Shahwan, M Aatif - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives since their discovery in the
early 20th century. However, the origin of antibiotics is now overshadowed by the alarming …

Piezo-augmented sonosensitizer with strong ultrasound-propelling ability for efficient treatment of osteomyelitis

X Feng, L Ma, J Lei, Q Ouyang, Y Zeng, Y Luo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The successful treatment of osteomyelitis remains a great challenge in the field of
orthopedics. The clinical method for treating refractory bone infection requires a combination …

Prospects for antibacterial discovery and development

TM Privalsky, AM Soohoo, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rising prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is an urgent health crisis that can only
be countered through renewed investment in the discovery and development of antibiotics …

Antimicrobial mechanisms and clinical application prospects of antimicrobial peptides

X Li, S Zuo, B Wang, K Zhang, Y Wang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides are a type of small-molecule peptide that widely exist in nature and
are components of the innate immunity of almost all living things. They play an important role …

A New Perspective on the Antimicrobial Mechanism of Berberine Hydrochloride Against Staphylococcus aureus Revealed by Untargeted Metabolomic Studies

S Wu, K Yang, Y Hong, Y Gong, J Ni, N Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Berberine hydrochloride (BBR) is a natural product widely used in clinical medicine and
animal production. It has a variety of antimicrobial effects, but its complex antimicrobial …

Model architectures for bacterial membranes

AB Carey, A Ashenden, I Köper - Biophysical reviews, 2022 - Springer
The complex composition of bacterial membranes has a significant impact on the
understanding of pathogen function and their development towards antibiotic resistance. In …

Antibacterial mechanism of Protocatechuic acid against Yersinia enterocolitica and its application in pork

M Wu, L Tian, J Fu, S Liao, H Li, Z Gai, G Gong - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Protocatechuic acid (PCA) has adequate antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens;
however, its antibacterial mechanism has been rarely investigated. Therefore, this study …

Nanozymes and their biomolecular conjugates as next-generation antibacterial agents: A comprehensive review

D Mehta, S Singh - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of bacterial species to develop resistance against
exposed antibiotics, has gained immense global attention in the past few years. Bacterial …