Recent Advances in Antibacterial and Anti-Biofilm Properties of Plant Extracts
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal plants; biological activities; antibiofilm; bioactive compounds
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Interests: medicinal plants; biological activities; antimicrobial; antibiofilm; bioactive compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: natural products; active pharmaceutical ingredients; anticancer; anti-inflammatory; pharmaceutical formulations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial infections represent a significant challenge to the healthcare sector due to their high incidence and increasing mortality rate, and particularly relevant aspects of this issue include the ability of bacteria to resist antibiotic treatments and the formation of bacterial biofilms, which are bacterial communities growing embedded in a layer of exopolysaccharides. These structures confer resistance to antimicrobial agents and immune system cells and their formation demonstrates that current antibiotics are not entirely effective and new strategies should be used to control bacterial infections accompanied by the development of bacterial biofilms. In this sense, due to their observed ability to treat bacterial diseases and as disinfectants, plants could represent a good option for the development of antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents. With this context in mind, this Special Issue aims to present the latest advances in the analysis of the antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects of plant extracts, as well as seeking to improve our understanding of the mechanisms or modes of action associated with these effects. It also aims to present information regarding the chemical characterization of plant extracts to better understand their possible modes of action.
Prof. Dr. Julio César López-Romero
Prof. Dr. María L. Flores-López
Prof. Dr. Heriberto Torres-Moreno
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant extracts
- antimicrobials
- antibiofilm
- natural products
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