Description
Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components offers scientists a single source aimed at fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoans, viruses and fungi using natural products. This essential reference discusses herbal extracts and essential oils used or under investigation to treat MDR infections, as well as those containing antimicrobial activity that could be of potential interest in future studies against MDR microorganisms. The need to combat multidrug-resistant microorganisms is an urgent one and this book provides important coverage of mechanism of action, the advantages and disadvantages of using herbal extracts, essential oils and their components and more to aid researchers in effective antimicrobial drug discovery
- Addresses the need to develop safe and effective approaches to coping with resistance to all classes of antimicrobial drugs
- Provides readers with current evidence-based content aimed at using herbal extracts and essential oils in antimicrobial drug development
- Includes chapters devoted to the activity of herbal products against herpes, AIDS, tuberculosis, drug-resistant cancer cells and more
Chapter
Contributors
pp.:
16 – 20
Chapter 1 - Alternative Antimicrobial Approaches to Fighting Multidrug-Resistant Infections
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20 – 30
Chapter 2 - Natural Plant Products Used against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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30 – 42
Chapter 3 - Bioactivity of Plant Constituents against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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42 – 50
Chapter 4 - Natural Products as Alternative Treatments for Candida Species Resistant to Conventional Chemotherapeutics
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50 – 64
Chapter 5 - Plants and Tuberculosis: Phytochemicals Potentially Useful in the Treatment of Tuberculosis
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64 – 84
Chapter 6 - Use of Essential Oils and Their Components against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
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84 – 114
Chapter 7 - In Vivo Antileishmanial Activity of Plant-Based Secondary Metabolites
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114 – 128
Chapter 8 - Natural Products with Activity Against Schistosoma Species
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128 – 154
Chapter 9 - Botanicals for Adjunct Therapy and the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections
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154 – 168
Chapter 10 - Combining Essential Oils with Antibiotics and other Antimicrobial Agents to Overcome Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
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168 – 184
Chapter 11 - Medicinal Plants as Alternative Sources of Therapeutics against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Microorganisms Based on Their Antimicrobial Potential and Synergistic Properties
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184 – 200
Chapter 12 - Perspectives and Key Factors Affecting the Use of Herbal Extracts against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
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200 – 210
Chapter 13 - Use of Plant-Derived Extracts and Essential Oils against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Affecting Animal Health and Production
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210 – 224
Chapter 14 - Essential Oils from the Asteraceae Family Active against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
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224 – 242
Chapter 15 - Harnessing Traditional Knowledge to Treat Existing and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa
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242 – 256
Chapter 16 - Natural Products with Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Tumor Cells
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256 – 264
Chapter 17 - Development of New Antiherpetic Drugs Based on Plant Compounds
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264 – 280