This review explores the potential of antimicrobial metabolites derived from Caucasian
medicinal plants as alternatives to conventional antibiotics. With the rise of antibiotic …

Highlights•Next-generation antibacterial agents are urgently needed to combat multidrug-
resistant, pandrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria and superbugs.•Next generation …

Multi-drug resistance to antibiotics represents a growing challenge in treating infectious
diseases. Outside the hospital, bacteria with the multi-drug resistance (MDR) phenotype …

Essential oils (EOs) have been gaining popularity in the past decades among researchers
due to their potential to replace conventional chemicals used in the fight against pests …

The tricyclic-aromadendrene-type sesquiterpenes are widely distributed and exhibit a range
of biological activities, including anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, antibacterial …

Valencene and nootkatone are aromatic sesquiterpenes with known biological activities,
such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor. Given the evidence that …

Background Biofilms and oxidative stress retard wound healing. The resistance of biofilms to
antibiotics has led to a search for alternative approaches in biofilm elimination. Antioxidants …

Efflux pump (EP)-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR) seems ubiquitous in bacterial
infections and neoplastic diseases. The diversity and lack of specificity of these efflux …

Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a significant threat to public health, prompting
novel combinations comprising of natural sources such as essential oil compounds with …

Introduction Bacterial food-borne diseases have been a major public health issue worldwide
for decades. Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC. is a small perennial herb of family Apiaceae …