Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rai, Mahendra,
• Kon, Kateryna Volodymyrivna,

Titel

Fighting multidrug resistance with herbal extracts, essential oils and their components

Ist Teil von

• Gale eBooks

Ort / Verlag

London : Academic Press,

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Front Cover; Fighting Multidrug Resistance With Herbal Extracts,Essential Oils and Their Components; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Chapter 1 - Alternative Antimicrobial Approaches to Fighting Multidrug-Resistant Infections; BACKGROUND; PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL INTERFERENCE; VACCINE THERAPY; BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL METALS; MEDICINAL GRADE HONEY DRESSINGS; HERB AND PLANT EXTRACTS; MAJOR GROUPS OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS FROM PLANTS; ESSENTIAL OILS; CONCLUSIONS; References
• Chapter 2 - Natural Plant Products Used against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusINTRODUCTION; PLANTS EXTRACTS WITH ANTI-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS EFFECTS; MOLECULES WITH ANTI-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ACTIVITY DERIVED FROM PLANTS; SYNERGY BETWEEN NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ANTIBIOTICS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OTHER NATURAL SOURCES WITH EFFECTS ON ANTI-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONCLUSIONS; References; Chapter 3 - Bioactivity of Plant Constituents against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
• INTRODUCTIONMEDICINAL PLANT METABOLITES USED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; CONCLUSION; References; Chapter 4 - Natural Products as Alternative Treatments for Candida Species Resistant to Conventional Chemotherapeutics; INTRODUCTION; CONVENTIONAL ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS OBTAINED FROM PLANTS; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; References; Chapter 5 - Plants and Tuberculosis: Phytochemicals Potentially Useful in the Treatment of Tuberculosis; TUBERCULOSIS: ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN DISEASES
• ORTHODOX PHARMACEUTICALS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSISWORLD TRADITIONS AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS; CHEMICAL CLASSES AS PROMISING LEADS; THE WAY FORWARD; References; Chapter 6 - Use of Essential Oils and Their Components against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria; INTRODUCTION; ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION; PERSPECTIVE ON THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS; BACTERIAL CELL TARGETS AND ANTIBIOTIC MODE OF ACTION; MECHANISMS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROLLING MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA; SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITY BETWEEN ESSENTIAL OILS AND ANTIBIOTICS
• DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE UNDER CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO ESSENTIAL OILS?CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; References; Chapter 7 - In Vivo Antileishmanial Activity of Plant-Based Secondary Metabolites; INTRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL ANTILEISHMANIAL DRUGS; RECENT ANTILEISHMANIAL DRUGS; PARASITE RESISTANCE; NATURAL PRODUCTS AS SOURCES OF NEW ANTILEISHMANIAL COMPOUNDS; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; References; Chapter 8 - Natural Products with Activity Against Schistosoma Species; INTRODUCTION: SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDAL DRUGS AND RESISTANCE; NATURAL PRODUCTS AS SCHISTOSOMICIDAL AGENTS
• NATURAL PLANT COMPOUNDS WITH SCHISTOSOMICIDAL ACTIVITY
• 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
• English
• Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 12, 2013).