Impact of Plant-Derived Products as Novel Antimicrobial Agents
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Derived Antibiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 115
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant essential oils; plant extracts; bioactive compounds; phytochemistry; isolation; synthesis; biological properties
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Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance is currently one of the major causes of human health concerns; however, this increasing resistance is also affecting other sectors of equal relevance. Indeed, the expansion of the global population has led to an increased demand for agricultural products, with the consequent increased employment of antimicrobial agents; however, their excessive and uncontrolled use led to a progressive loss of efficacy due to the onset of resistance phenomena. For this reason, the treatment of microbial infections has become particularly challenging, and research on novel antimicrobial agents is extremely encouraged. In this context, approximately 50% of the products registered by the FDA from 1981 to 2019 were naturally derived compounds. Plants are sources of many chemical scaffolds characterized by promising antimicrobial activity and diverse modes of action. Moreover, plant-derived compounds sometimes also act in synergy with several classes of antibiotics, enhancing their antimicrobial spectrum. This Special Issue will focus on the antimicrobial effects of plant-derived products on plant bacterial and fungal pathogens, as well as on their modes of action. Moreover, their synergistic action with conventional antibiotics will also be evaluated. Furthermore, this Special Issue will address the extraction and purification of antimicrobial compounds, their chemical characterization, and safety evaluation. Furthermore, the development of innovative delivery systems will also be considered.
Dr. Eleonora Spinozzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural compounds
- plant bacteria
- fungal infections
- antimicrobial
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