Natural products are used since ancient times in folklore for the treatment of various
ailments. Plant‐derived products have been recognized for many years as a source of …

Medicinal plants have been used for years as a source of food, spices, and, in traditional
medicine, as a remedy to numerous diseases. Piper nigrum, belonging to the family …

With the advent of antibiotics, bacterial infections were supposed to be a thing of past.
However, this instead led to the selection and evolution of bacteria with mechanisms to …

The discovery of antibiotics in the previous century lead to reduction in mortality and
morbidity due to infectious diseases but their inappropriate and irrational use has resulted in …

Black pepper is an autoicous and decorous vine cultivated and harvested in tropical regions
of Sri Lanka and India. Black pepper is one of the most commonly consumed spices, and its …

Antibiotics, once considered the lifeline for treating bacterial infections, are under threat due
to the emergence of threatening antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These drug-resistant …

Treatment of tuberculosis, a complex granulomatous disease, requires long-term multidrug
therapy to overcome tolerance, an epigenetic drug resistance that is widely attributed to …

The upsurge of multiple drug resistance (MDR) bacteria substantially diminishes the
effectiveness of antibiotic arsenal and therefore intensifies the rate of therapeutic failure. The …

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is regarded as one of the bottlenecks of successful clinical
treatment for numerous chemotherapeutic agents. Multiple key regulators are alleged to be …

Infectious diseases caused by clinically important Mycobacteria continue to be an important
public health problem worldwide primarily due to emergence of drug resistance crisis. In …