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Towards Advances in Medicinal Plant Antimicrobial Activity: A Review Study on Challenges and Future Perspectives

📅 Published: September 27, 2021 👤 Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou et al. 📖 Microorganisms 📊 945 citations
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The increasing incidence of drug- resistant pathogens raises an urgent need to identify and isolate new bioactive compounds from medicinal plants using standardized modern analytical procedures. Moreover, there are several difficulties and problems that need to be overcome for the development of new antimicrobials from plant extracts, while efforts have been made to enhance the antimicrobial activity of chemical compounds.

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Key Findings
  • 1 Medicinal plant-derived compounds could provide novel straightforward approaches against pathogenic bacteria.
  • 2 This review explores the antimicrobial activity of plant-derived components, their possible mechanisms of action, as well as their chemical potential.
  • 3 The focus is put on the current challenges and future perspectives surrounding medicinal plants antimicrobial activity.
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Article Details
Source OpenAlex
Category ⚙️ Engineering & Technology
Published Sep 27, 2021
Journal Microorganisms
DOI 10.3390/microorganisms9102041
Citations 945
Authors Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou, Christina Tsigalou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou