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Review

Multifunctional Therapeutic Potential of Phytocomplexes and Natural Extracts for Antimicrobial Properties

by
Md. Mominur Rahman
1,
Md. Saidur Rahaman
1,
Md. Rezaul Islam
1,
Md. Emon Hossain
1,
Faria Mannan Mithi
1,
Muniruddin Ahmed
1,
Marianela Saldías
2,
Esra Küpeli Akkol
3 and
Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez
2,4,*
1
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
2
Instituto de Investigación y Postgrado, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago 8330507, Chile
3
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey
4
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Antibiotics 2021, 10(9), 1076; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091076
Submission received: 1 August 2021 / Revised: 30 August 2021 / Accepted: 3 September 2021 / Published: 6 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Properties of Phytocomplexes and Isolated Compounds)

Abstract

Natural products have been known for their antimicrobial factors since time immemorial. Infectious diseases are a worldwide burden that have been deteriorating because of the improvement of species impervious to various anti-infection agents. Hence, the distinguishing proof of antimicrobial specialists with high-power dynamic against MDR microorganisms is central to conquer this issue. Successful treatment of infection involves the improvement of new drugs or some common source of novel medications. Numerous naturally occurring antimicrobial agents can be of plant origin, animal origin, microbial origin, etc. Many plant and animal products have antimicrobial activities due to various active principles, secondary metabolites, or phytochemicals like alkaloids, tannins, terpenoids, essential oils, flavonoids, lectins, phagocytic cells, and many other organic constituents. Phytocomplexes’ antimicrobial movement frequently results from a few particles acting in cooperative energy, and the clinical impacts might be because of the direct effects against microorganisms. The restorative plants that may furnish novel medication lead the antimicrobial movement. The purpose of this study is to investigate the antimicrobial properties of the phytocomplexes and natural extracts of the plants that are ordinarily being utilized as conventional medications and then recommended the chance of utilizing them in drugs for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant disease.
Keywords: natural products; phytocomplexes; antimicrobial activity; alkaloids; tannins; terpenoids natural products; phytocomplexes; antimicrobial activity; alkaloids; tannins; terpenoids
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Rahman, M.M.; Rahaman, M.S.; Islam, M.R.; Hossain, M.E.; Mannan Mithi, F.; Ahmed, M.; Saldías, M.; Akkol, E.K.; Sobarzo-Sánchez, E. Multifunctional Therapeutic Potential of Phytocomplexes and Natural Extracts for Antimicrobial Properties. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1076. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091076

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Rahman MM, Rahaman MS, Islam MR, Hossain ME, Mannan Mithi F, Ahmed M, Saldías M, Akkol EK, Sobarzo-Sánchez E. Multifunctional Therapeutic Potential of Phytocomplexes and Natural Extracts for Antimicrobial Properties. Antibiotics. 2021; 10(9):1076. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091076

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Rahman, Md. Mominur, Md. Saidur Rahaman, Md. Rezaul Islam, Md. Emon Hossain, Faria Mannan Mithi, Muniruddin Ahmed, Marianela Saldías, Esra Küpeli Akkol, and Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez. 2021. "Multifunctional Therapeutic Potential of Phytocomplexes and Natural Extracts for Antimicrobial Properties" Antibiotics 10, no. 9: 1076. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091076

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Rahman, M. M., Rahaman, M. S., Islam, M. R., Hossain, M. E., Mannan Mithi, F., Ahmed, M., Saldías, M., Akkol, E. K., & Sobarzo-Sánchez, E. (2021). Multifunctional Therapeutic Potential of Phytocomplexes and Natural Extracts for Antimicrobial Properties. Antibiotics, 10(9), 1076. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091076

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