Antimicrobial Effects of Bioactive Compounds: Phytoproducts-Based Fight against Pathogens

Dear Colleagues,

The high growth of the world population, increases in tourist, commercial and cultural exchanges around the world, and the contribution of climate change strongly favor the global spread of pathogens. The rapid spread of diseases caused by emerging and already known pathogens—which are increasingly multidrug-resistant or even pandrug-resistant—has highlighted the desperate need for adequate health preparation to face global health emergencies such as pandemics and antimicrobial resistance.

For some decades, antimicrobials have allowed us to control infectious diseases that were once rapidly lethal, significantly increasing life expectancy. Unfortunately, in recent years, there has been a drastic reduction in the effectiveness of conventionally used antimicrobial therapies. Currently, dying from cystitis or an infected wound caused by superbacteria is no longer such a remote possibility, even in high-income countries.

Scientific research must respond to these global challenges with the rapid development of effective and safe therapeutic and preventive tools.

Thus, we look with considerable interest at the plant world in search of natural products such as botanical extracts, essential oils, and other bioactive components with antimicrobial 

properties. There are numerous data in the literature in this regard, but there is certainly still much to study before some of these substances become a therapeutic reality.

In this volume, the most interesting articles on bioactive phytocompounds with antimicrobial activity will be collected with the aim of developing valid tools in the fight against pathogens.

Dr. Caterina Pagliarulo
Dr. Roberta Colicchio
Dr. Daniela Sateriale
Guest Editors

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