Drug Resistance and Antimicrobial Activities of Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 828
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobial actions; bacterial biofilm; one health; pheno- and genothypic characterisitic of microorganisms; ESKAPE group bacteria
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Interests: ESKAPE pathogens; Listeria monocytogenes; Enterococcus spp.; antibacterial activity of different agents; bacterial biofilms; molecular microbiology; virulence factors of microorganisms; genetic diversity of microorganism isolated from different source
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health challenge that increasingly undermines the effectiveness of current therapies. Natural products—from plants, fungi, bacteria, marine organisms, and animal-derived metabolites—remain a rich and underexploited source of structurally diverse scaffolds and novel mechanisms of action that can help address drug-resistant pathogens.
This Special Issue ‘Drug Resistance and Antimicrobial Activities of Natural Products’ seeks high-quality original research articles and critical reviews that advance our understanding of how natural molecules and extracts can prevent, circumvent, or reverse antimicrobial resistance. We welcome studies on discovery and bioassay-guided isolation, chemical characterization and structure–activity relationships, modes of antimicrobial and antivirulence action (including antibiofilm and anti-persister activity), resistance development and genetic responses, and strategies to enhance efficacy such as synergistic combinations, formulation, and targeted delivery.
Typical topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Discovery and characterization of antimicrobial natural products;
- Mechanisms of action and resistance;
- Synergy with existing antibiotics and antivirulence approaches;
- Antibiofilm and anti-persister strategies;
- Biotechnological production, semisynthesis and drug-delivery systems.
The submitted manuscripts should follow the journal’s standard peer-review process and present clear experimental design, rigorous antimicrobial testing (including resistance and tolerance assays where appropriate), and discussion of translational potential. We invite authors from natural-product chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, and related disciplines to submit their latest findings.
Dr. Krzysztof Skowron
Dr. Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- antimicrobial resistance
- antibiofilm activity
- synergy
- drug discovery
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