Antimicrobial Agents: Natural Products or Synthetic Compounds 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editor
Interests: flavonoid; natural compounds; biological activity; anticancer activity; antioxidant activity; chalcone; multidrug-resistant pathogens; food science; antimicrobial agents; cytotoxicity assays; amyloid; Crohn’s disease; AIEC; biofilm
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Dear Colleagues,
In the era of widespread multidrug resistance amongst various microorganisms, the search for new compounds that are effective against multidrug-resistant strains which can effectively protect against their severe infections is of paramount importance.
Such compounds could already be known as unmodified natural compounds or their derivatives that are achievable via various chemical modifications. On the other hand, new synthesized compounds or old synthesized molecules opportunely modified could also be developed as novel antimicrobial devices that are also effective against strains which have acquired resistence to the current available antibiotics. Conceiving combination therapies that use the above-mentioned substances represent a promising strategy that is currently being extensively studied.
This Special Issue welcomes papers, including experimental and review articles, on the development of molecules and macromolecules effective against infectious diseases sustained by multidrug-resistant strains.
Dr. Anna Duda-Madej
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multidrug resistance
- natural antimicrobial agents
- synthetic antimicrobial compounds
- combination therapy
- severe infectious diseases
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