Advance in Natural Products: Potential Antimicrobial Targets
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Derived Antibiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 190
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antibacterial activity; medicinal plants; biofilm; anaerobe; natural products; medicinal chemistry; bioactive compounds; anti-virulence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research into natural products for the development of new antimicrobials is urgently needed on account of antimicrobial resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics, combined with the limited development of new agents for the treatment of human and animal infectious diseases. These facts have generated a global race to find solutions for the development of new and more efficient antimicrobials. New ways of obtaining secondary metabolites and the rational use of the structural and molecular knowledge of these compounds, combined with methodologies for evaluating antimicrobial activity, antivirulence, as well as confirming pharmacological applications, can contribute to advancing the frontier of knowledge in the search for solutions to use in the development of potential antimicrobials from natural products.
Therefore, this Special Issue will bring scientific insights and opportunities in the context of the application of natural products to new targets using novel strategies for antimicrobial control. The articles we run will present innovative solutions for the pharmaceutical industry and governments in the treatment of human and animal diseases. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- News antimicrobial targets;
- Novel and diverse chemical metabolic;
- Antivirulence and antiresistance approaches;
- Biological assays: in vitro versus in vivo;
- Mechanisms of action;
- Advances and applications in antimicrobial discovery;
- Antimicrobial for humans and animals.
Manuscripts on the biological activity of natural extracts without proper chemical characterization will not be considered.
Prof. Dr. Carlos H. G. Martins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- antimicrobial activity
- anti-virulence
- bioactive molecules
- mechanisms and applications
- biological activity
- drug development
- medicinal plants
