Plant-derived antimicrobial compounds: Alternatives to antibiotics

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 979-990

  Savoia, Dianella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibacterial activity; antifungal activity; biofilm inhibitory activity; efflux inhibitory activity; natural product; phytochemical; plant; QSI; quorum sensing inhibitory activity

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXY 7 METHOXYLUTEOLIN; ADHESIN; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BERBERINE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FALCARINDIOL; FLAVONOID; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; ISOPRENOID; LICOCHALCONE A; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLUMBAGIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RESERPINE; RNA POLYMERASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SCOPOLETIN; SESQUITERPENE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHONE 8 CARBOXYMETHYL 1,5,6 TRIHYDROXY 3 METHOXYXANTHONE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BETEL NUT; BIOFILM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERIOCAULACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GYMNEMA; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; HALOGENATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORUS ALBA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG DISCOVERY; FUNGI; HUMANS; PLANTS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84865585629     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.68     Document Type: Review

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