Review on plant antimicrobials: a mechanistic viewpoint

B Khameneh, M Iranshahy, V Soheili… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Microbial resistance to classical antibiotics and its rapid progression have raised serious
concern in the treatment of infectious diseases. Recently, many studies have been directed …

Comprehensive review of antimicrobial activities of plant flavonoids

I Górniak, R Bartoszewski, J Króliczewski - Phytochemistry reviews, 2019 - Springer
Flavonoids are one of the largest classes of small molecular secondary metabolites
produced in different parts of the plant. They display a wide range of pharmacological and …

Antibacterial activity of flavonoids and their structure–activity relationship: An update review

F Farhadi, B Khameneh, M Iranshahi… - Phytotherapy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Based on World Health Organization reports, resistance of bacteria to well‐known antibiotics
is a major global health challenge now and in the future. Different strategies have been …

The interactions between polyphenols and microorganisms, especially gut microbiota

M Makarewicz, I Drożdż, T Tarko, A Duda-Chodak - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review presents the comprehensive knowledge about the bidirectional relationship
between polyphenols and the gut microbiome. The first part is related to polyphenols' …

[HTML][HTML] Propolis as a novel antibacterial agent

MS Almuhayawi - Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Propolis (bee glue) is a bee glue, sticky resinous material released from various plant
sources such as bud exudates, flowers, and leaves modified by bee secretions and wax …

Plant antimicrobial polyphenols as potential natural food preservatives

L Bouarab Chibane, P Degraeve… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The growing demand for natural food preservatives in the last decade has
promoted investigations on their application for preserving perishable foods. In this context …

Antimicrobial flavonoids as a potential substitute for overcoming antimicrobial resistance

A Biharee, A Sharma, A Kumar, V Jaitak - Fitoterapia, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death in 21 st century due to
antimicrobial resistance and scarcity of new molecules to undertake rising infections. There …

[HTML][HTML] Plant secondary metabolites in the battle of drugs and drug-resistant bacteria: new heroes or worse clones of antibiotics?

CL Gorlenko, HY Kiselev, EV Budanova… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria are an important cause of mortality and
morbidity in all regions of the world. Bacterial drug resistance has grown in the last decades …

[HTML][HTML] Naringenin and its derivatives—Health-promoting phytobiotic against resistant bacteria and fungi in humans

A Duda-Madej, J Stecko, J Sobieraj, N Szymańska… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Naringenin is a trihydroxyflavanone present in large amount in different citrus fruits, eg,
oranges, pomelos, grapefruits, but also in tomatoes, fenugreek and coffee. It has a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions with microbial proteins driving the antibacterial activity of flavonoids

G Donadio, F Mensitieri, V Santoro, V Parisi… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are among the most abundant natural bioactive compounds produced by plants.
Many different activities have been reported for these secondary metabolites against …