Phytochemicals as antimicrobials: prospecting Himalayan medicinal plants as source of alternate medicine to combat antimicrobial resistance

MV Ashraf, S Pant, MAH Khan, AA Shah, S Siddiqui… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Among all available antimicrobials, antibiotics hold a prime position in the treatment of
infectious diseases. However, the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has posed a …

[HTML][HTML] Himalayan aromatic medicinal plants: a review of their ethnopharmacology, volatile phytochemistry, and biological activities

RK Joshi, P Satyal, WN Setzer - Medicines, 2016 - mdpi.com
Aromatic plants have played key roles in the lives of tribal peoples living in the Himalaya by
providing products for both food and medicine. This review presents a summary of aromatic …

Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases in Himachal Pradesh, India in Western Himalaya

K Sharma, R Verma, D Kumar, E Nepovimova… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Medicinal plants are considered as a healthcare resource
and widely used by rural people in their traditional medicine system for curing …

Screening, evaluation and identification of promising plant extracts for development of novel natural preservatives

W Liu, E Su - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical preservatives are widely employed as the primary approach to inhibit food
spoilage, yet their acceptance among consumers is progressively diminishing …

Nardostachys jatamansi (D. Don) DC.: An invaluable and constantly dwindling resource of the Himalayas

H Kaur, MM Lekhak, S Chahal, U Goutam, P Jha… - South African Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of medicinal plant species for different therapeutic effects is well recognized around
the globe. Nardostachys jatamansi (D. Don) DC.(Family: Caprifoliaceae Juss.), commonly …

Archaeometric identification of a perfume from Roman times

D Cosano, JM Román, F Lafont, JR Ruiz Arrebola - Heritage, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although archaeological excavations have recovered a large number of vessels used to
hold perfumes or ointments in ancient Rome, little is known about the chemical composition …

Pharmacological potential of phylogenetically diverse Actinobacteria isolated from deep-sea coral ecosystems of the submarine Avilés Canyon in the Cantabrian Sea

A Sarmiento-Vizcaíno, V González, AF Braña… - Microbial ecology, 2017 - Springer
Marine Actinobacteria are emerging as an unexplored source for natural product discovery.
Eighty-seven deep-sea coral reef invertebrates were collected during an oceanographic …

Investigating plant micro-remains embedded in dental calculus of the Phoenician inhabitants of Motya (Sicily, Italy)

A D'Agostino, A Canini, G Di Marco, L Nigro… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plant records reveal remarkable evidence about past environments and human cultures.
Exploiting dental calculus analysis and using a combined approach of microscopy and gas …

Environmentally friendly plant essential oil: Liquid gold for human health

Y Chen, L Liu, H Wang, J Ma, W Peng, X Li, Y Lai… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant essential oil (PEO) is extracted from various parts of plants. PEO contains various
bioactive components that are nearly all volatile organic compounds (VOCs) especially …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive Sesquiterpenoids from Santolina chamaecyparissus L. Flowers: Chemical Profiling and Antifungal Activity Against Neocosmospora Species

E Sánchez-Hernández, J Martín-Gil… - Plants, 2025 - mdpi.com
Santolina chamaecyparissus L.(cotton-lavender) is receiving increasing attention due to its
potential for modern medicine and is considered both a functional food and nutraceutical. In …