Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components

Provides important content on resistant isolates to illustrate how to combat a wide range of MDR microorganisms through the use of natural herbs and essential oils

Mahendra Rai (Edited by), Kateryna Kon (Edited by)

9780123985392

Hardback, published 5 August 2013

296 pages, 50 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.68 kg

"The book is well organized and its 17 chapters cover a host of topics, from basic mechanisms of multidrug resistance to specific plant genera…and select phytochemicals that offer promise…For researchers interested in the current status of phytochemicals for treating multidrug-resistant microorganisms, this book is an invaluable resource." --HerbalGram, Spring 2014

Approx.278 pages

Preface1 Alternative antimicrobial approaches to fighting multidrug-resistant infections2 Natural agents from plants used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus3 Bioactivity of plant constituents against vancomycin-resistant enterococci4 The use of natural products as an alternative against Candida species resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics5 Use of plants in the search for drugs to treat tuberculosis6 Use of essential oils and their components against multidrug-resistant bacteria7 Natural products and their perspectives in developing new leishmanicidal molecules8 Natural products with activity against Schistosoma species9 Botanical as adjunct therapy and treatment for multidrug-resistant staphylococcal infections10 Combining essential oils with antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents as a way of coping with multidrug-resistant bacteria11 Antimicrobial potential of some medicinal plants and their synergistic property: an alternative source to fight against multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms12 Perspectives and key factors on the usage of herbal extracts against multidrug-resistant gram-negative microorganisms13 Use of plant-derived extracts and bioactive compound mixtures against multidrug-resistant bacteria affecting animal health and production14 Essential oils from Compositae family against multidrug-resistant bacteria15 Harnessing traditional knowledge in the management of multidrug-resistance and prevention of emerging infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa16 Natural products with activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells17 Development of new antiherpetic drugs based on plant extracts: a review

Subject Areas: Organic chemistry [PNN], Complementary medicine [MX], Pharmacology [MMG]