Natural Compounds as Antimicrobial Agents, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The first volume of the Special Issue “Natural Compounds as antimicrobial Agents” was published in the past year. The huge amount of substances with antimicrobial properties that can be used or even discovered, both from animal origin or vegetal, as well as their varied applications, have led to a successful issue with more than 15 published papers and has encouraged us to open a second volume with the same topic.

As a continuation of the Special Issue published in 2019, this second volume will develop the use of these compounds for many different applications, from clinical aspects to their use in the food industry, or even in animal production. Further, there are still many compounds that have not been adequately studied. Sometimes several vegetal subproducts derived from human or animal consumption can be used as growth microbial modulators in certain applications, which suggests an added value for these foods or feed. Researchers from different parts of the world also know plant-derived substances specific to their latitudes for which there is sparse scientific literature and this is a good opportunity to share that knowledge with a wide scientific community through the open access journal Antibiotics. All these natural compounds share the advantages of soft legal regulations as well as better user perceptions regarding applications that are derived from a natural or traditional origin.

Thus, this Special Issue will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• New natural antimicrobial compounds
• Antimicrobial effects
• Clinical applications
• Animal production applications
• Antifungal properties
• Antiviral properties
• Food applications
• New formulations
• Antibacterial mechanisms
• Antifungal mechanisms
• MICs
• Activity as disinfectants
• Activity against biofilms
• Effects on transcriptomics
• Combination with other antimicrobials
• Global microbiome changes

Prof. Dr. Carlos M. Franco
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Vázquez Belda
Guest Editors

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