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

🤖 Plain-English Summary

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.

🔑 Key Findings

• Medicinal plant-derived compounds could provide novel straightforward approaches against pathogenic bacteria.
• This review explores the antimicrobial activity of plant-derived components, their possible mechanisms of action, as well as their chemical potential.
• The focus is put on the current challenges and future perspectives surrounding medicinal plants antimicrobial activity.

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