Natural Products and Their Modifications as Agents Used in the Fight Against Pathogens, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 October 2025 | Viewed by 36
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,
The issue of bacterial strains’ resistance to commercially available antibiotics keeps clinicians around the world up at night. The search for new compounds of natural origin is therefore crucial in solving this issue. It is imperative that such products simultaneously protect the intestinal microbiota, which plays a vital role in maintaining overall bodily health.
Various extracts of natural origin show biological activity at different levels and simultaneously exert a protective effect on the intestinal microbiota. It is important to choose such chemical modifications that concurrently increase antimicrobial activity, support our immune system, and possess anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative properties.
Of particular interest to this Special Issue are articles that compare the biological activity of pathogenic strains and/or intestinal microbiota in the presence of natural compounds/compounds used in medicine in various chemical modifications. Manuscripts examining the effect of plant extracts themselves and pure compounds or their combinations dominant in plants are also of interest.
Extracts and their main components obtained as a result of chemical modifications and biotransformations appear to be the future in the fight against infections caused by multidrug-resistant strains.
Dr. Anna Duda-Madej
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant extract
- natural compounds
- multidrug-resistant strains
- intestinal microbiota
- chemical modyfication
- biotransformation
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