Background Raw milk, meat and plant materials are subjected to high risks of contamination
by various pathogenic bacteria and thus their growth prevention is a great challenge in the …

A diverse series of 43 novel “soft antimicrobials” based on quaternary ammonium pyridoxine
derivatives which include six-membered acetals and ketals of pyridoxine bound via …

Sanicip Bio Control (SBC) is a novel product developed in Mexico for biofilms' removal. The
aims of this study were to evaluate (i) the removal of mixed-species biofilms by enzymatic …

Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus are human pathogens that are able to form
mixed biofilms on the surface of mucous membranes, implants and catheters. In biofilms …

Gnaphalium hypoleucum DC. was first recorded in the Chinese National Pharmacopoeia “Yi
Plant Medicine”. There is no detailed report on its main components' activity in suppressing …

The frequency of mycoses caused by drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida albicans has
increased drastically over the last two decades. The spread of drug-resistant strains, along …

Over the past decades, 2 (5 H)-furanone derivatives have been extensively studied because
of their promising ability to prevent the biofilm formation by various pathogenic bacteria …

Staphylococcus aureus causes various infectious diseases, from skin impetigo to life-
threatening bacteremia and sepsis, thus appearing an important target for antimicrobial …

Methods for the synthesis of novel optically active bisthioethers and disulfones of the furan-2
(5 H)-one series were developed. Bisthioethers with the dithiol fragment links two γ-lactone …

While in a biofilm, bacteria are extremely resistant to both antimicrobials and the immune
system, leading to the development of chronic infection. Here, we show that bovine …