Exploring phytochemicals for combating antibiotic resistance in microbial pathogens

T Khare, U Anand, A Dey, YG Assaraf… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance or microbial drug resistance is emerging as a serious threat to human
healthcare globally, and the multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains are imposing major hurdles to …

Innovative strategies toward the disassembly of the EPS matrix in bacterial biofilms

RM Pinto, FA Soares, S Reis, C Nunes… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms represent a major concern at a worldwide level due to the high demand for
implantable medical devices and the rising numbers of bacterial resistance. The complex …

The alarming antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPEE pathogens: Can essential oils come to the rescue?

Z Yu, J Tang, T Khare, V Kumar - Fitoterapia, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, considered as a backbone of modern clinical-medicines, are facing serious
threats from emerging antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) in several bacteria from nosocomial …

Current state of knowledge regarding who high priority pathogens—Resistance mechanisms and proposed solutions through candidates such as essential oils: A …

M Romanescu, C Oprean, A Lombrea… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the 10 global health issues identified
by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021. While AMR is a naturally occurring …

Antibacterial, anti-biofilm activity and mechanism of action of pancreatin doped zinc oxide nanoparticles against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

S Banerjee, K Vishakha, S Das, M Dutta… - Colloids and surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus are known to cause diseases from normal skin wound to life
intimidating infections. Among the drug resistant strain, management of methicillin resistant …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary strategies and approaches for characterizing composition and enhancing biofilm penetration targeting bacterial extracellular polymeric …

L Lu, Y Zhao, M Li, X Wang, J Zhu, L Liao… - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) constitutes crucial elements within bacterial
biofilms, facilitating accelerated antimicrobial resistance and conferring defense against the …

Myrtenol Attenuates MRSA Biofilm and Virulence by Suppressing sarA Expression Dynamism

A Selvaraj, T Jayasree, A Valliammai… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a deleterious human pathogen
responsible for severe morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathogen has attained high …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and antimicrobial effectiveness of Ocimum gratissimum L. essential oil against multidrug-resistant isolates of Staphylococcus aureus …

RS Melo, ÁM Albuquerque Azevedo… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The study investigated the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil extract of Ocimum
gratissimum L.(EOOG) against multiresistant microorganisms in planktonic and biofilm form …

Use of plant extracts, bee-derived products, and probiotic-related applications to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens in the post-antibiotic era

A Machado, L Zamora-Mendoza, F Alexis… - Future …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 'post-antibiotic'era is near according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is well
known, due to the work of the scientific community, that drugs (antibiotics, antifungals, and …

We are one: multispecies metabolism of a biofilm consortium and their treatment strategies

RV Joshi, C Gunawan, R Mann - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ecological and medical significance of bacterial biofilms have been well recognized.
Biofilms are harder to control than their planktonic free-living counterparts and quite recently …