Antimicrobial Natural Products for One Health Applications
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Derived Antibiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
2. Departament of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-370, Brazil
Interests: phytotherapy; medicinal plants; pharmacognosy; natural products; herbal medicines
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the most pressing global health challenges, threatening human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The One Health approach recognizes the interconnected nature of these sectors and promotes integrated solutions to combat infectious diseases and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Natural products derived from plants, fungi, algae, microorganisms, marine organisms, and animal sources constitute a valuable reservoir of bioactive compounds with significant antimicrobial potential. These compounds may serve as alternatives or complements to conventional antibiotics, contributing to sustainable disease management and reducing the selective pressures that drive resistance.
Recent advances in phytochemistry, metabolomics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and molecular microbiology have accelerated the discovery and development of novel natural antimicrobial agents. Increasing evidence demonstrates that natural products can inhibit microbial growth, disrupt biofilms, attenuate virulence factors, enhance antibiotic efficacy, and modulate host immune responses.
This Special Issue aims to publish original research and review articles focused on the discovery, characterization, mechanisms of action, and applications of antimicrobial natural products within a One Health framework. Topics of interest include plant-derived antimicrobial compounds, essential oils and phytochemicals, marine natural products, microbial and fungal metabolites, antimicrobial peptides, natural products active against multidrug-resistant pathogens, anti-biofilm and anti-virulence strategies, synergistic combinations with antibiotics, veterinary and aquaculture applications, food safety, environmental reservoirs of AMR, ecotoxicological assessments, resistance modulation mechanisms, and omics-based approaches for natural product discovery.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Prof. Dr. Mary Anne Medeiros Bandeira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- One Health
- natural products
- antimicrobial compounds
- phytochemicals
- essential oils
- medicinal plants
- marine natural products
- microbial metabolites
- fungal metabolites
- antimicrobial peptides
- multidrug-resistant pathogens
- biofilms
- anti-virulence agents
- antibiotic synergy
- nanotechnology
- metabolomics
- drug discovery
- veterinary medicine
- aquaculture
- food safety
- environmental microbiology
- omics approaches
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