Plant Extracts and Their Derivatives with Antimicrobial Activities
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Derived Antibiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 175
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal and aromatic plants; bioactive compounds; phytochemical profiling of plant extracts; biological evaluation; drug synthesis
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2. Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: evidence-based medicine; phytochemistry; phytopharmacology; drug discovery; natural products biochemistry; bioactive molecules; functional foods; nutraceuticals; fungal and bacterial infections; resistance to antimicrobials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are a primary source of bioactive molecules that possess pharmacological properties. They have been used for the treatment of many clinical conditions. Traditional herbal remedies have been utilized for centuries for multiple affections. They are now widely recognized, along with their derivatives, for their pharmacological effects, of which their antimicrobial properties have attracted increasing attention. Although much remains to be discovered, naturally occurring bioactives exert their antimicrobial effects by disrupting cell membranes, interfering with microbial DNA replication, inhibiting enzymatic activity, and modulating the host immune system. Nevertheless, further advances in this field are urgently needed, as well as the testing of their actual effects in in vivo models and humans.
This Special Issue particularly welcomes manuscripts, original research, and reviews that present complete phytochemical profiling of plant extracts and isolated bioactive phytoconstituents with antimicrobial properties, coupled with chromatographic, spectroscopic, and spectrometric analytical techniques, as well as in silico and in vivo investigations and other relevant work in this field.
Dr. Latifa Bouissane
Prof. Dr. Natália Cruz-Martins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- natural compounds
- antimicrobial activities
- antimicrobial properties
- bioactive
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