Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
6.5
4.0
Journals
Plants
Special Issues
Antimicrobial Products from Plants: A One Health Approach (Human, Animal...
share announcement

Antimicrobial Products from Plants: A One Health Approach (Human, Animal and Environmental Health

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 2578

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Elisa Langa

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: microorganisms; antimicrobials; ecotoxicity; environmental bioindicators; antibiotic resistance
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Dr. María Rosa Pino-Otín

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, 50830 Villanueva de Gállego, Spain
Interests: drought; clime change; carbon footprint
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you to submit original research manuscripts, review articles or short communications to the Special Issue titled “Antimicrobial products from plants: a One Health approach (human, animal and environmental health)”.

The One Health approach connects the health of people to that of animals and the environment that all we living beings have in common. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the antimicrobial resistance problem as one of the battles we still have to win. There are many strategies to achieve this goal, and some of them are closely related to products obtained from plants, since plants are an endless source of new compounds.

For these reasons, this Special Issue focuses on natural compounds from plants (not plant extracts) or their synergistic combinations with commercial antibiotics that: i) have demonstrated antimicrobial activity in human and animal bacteria and/or ii) have demonstrated an ability to markedly reduce the commercial antibiotic dose and/or iii) have been subjected to an ecotoxicity evaluation in water and/or soil. To guarantee the specificity of results, studies on plant extracts are not accepted. On the other hand, to ensure the quality of the antimicrobial results, studies that simply show the antimicrobial effect using diffusion methods or that are based on unquantified compounds are also outside the scope of this topic.

Dr. Elisa Langa
Dr. María Rosa Pino-Otín
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • antimicrobial natural compounds
  • natural compounds ecotoxicity
  • One Health
  • synergistic antimicrobial combinations

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

  • Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
  • Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
  • Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
  • External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
  • Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.

Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

25 pages, 4852 KiB  
Article
Ecotoxicological Study of Tannic Acid on Soil and Water Non-Target Indicators and Its Impact on Fluvial and Edaphic Communities
by María Rosa Pino-Otín, Guillermo Lorca, Jonatan Val, Natalia Ferrando, Diego Ballestero and Elisa Langa
Plants 2023, 12(23), 4041; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12234041 - 30 Nov 2023
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2005
Abstract
Tannic acid (TA) is a key tannin extensively used in the leather industry, contributing to around 90% of global leather production. This practice leads to the generation of highly polluting effluents, causing environmental harm to aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, tannins like TA degrade slowly [...] Read more.
Tannic acid (TA) is a key tannin extensively used in the leather industry, contributing to around 90% of global leather production. This practice leads to the generation of highly polluting effluents, causing environmental harm to aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, tannins like TA degrade slowly under natural conditions. Despite efforts to reduce pollutant effluents, limited attention has been devoted to the direct environmental impact of tannins. Moreover, TA has garnered increased attention mainly due to its applications as an antibacterial agent and anti-carcinogenic compound. However, our understanding of its ecotoxicological effects remains incomplete. This study addresses this knowledge gap by assessing the ecotoxicity of TA on non-target indicator organisms in both water (Vibrio fischeri, Daphnia magna) and soil environments (Eisenia foetida, Allium cepa), as well as natural fluvial and edaphic communities, including periphyton. Our findings offer valuable insights into TA’s ecotoxicological impact across various trophic levels, underscoring the need for more comprehensive investigations in complex ecosystems. Our results demonstrate that TA exhibits ecotoxicity towards specific non-target aquatic organisms, particularly V. fischeri and D. magna, and phytotoxicity on A. cepa. The severity of these effects varies, with V. fischeri being the most sensitive, followed by D. magna and A. cepa. However, the soil-dwelling invertebrate E. foetida shows resistance to the tested TA concentrations. Furthermore, our research reveals that substantial TA concentrations are required to reduce the growth of river microbial communities. Metabolic changes, particularly in amino acid and amine metabolism, are observed at lower concentrations. Notably, the photosynthetic yield of river periphyton remains unaffected, even at higher concentrations. In contrast, soil microbial communities exhibit greater sensitivity, with significant alterations in population growth and metabolic profiles at a very low concentration of 0.2 mg/L for all metabolites. In summary, this study offers valuable insights into the ecotoxicological effects of TA on both aquatic and terrestrial environments. It underscores the importance of considering a variety of non-target organisms and complex communities when assessing the environmental implications of this compound. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Products from Plants: A One Health Approach (Human, Animal and Environmental Health)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-1
Back to TopTop