Fighting multidrug resistance with herbal extracts, essential oils and their components /

Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components offers scientists a single source aimed at fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoans, viruses and fungi using natural products. This essential reference discusses her...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rai, Mahendra (Editor ), Kon, Kateryna (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2013.
Temas:
Multidrug resistance.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Essences and essential oils > Therapeutic use.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Drug-herb interactions.
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Herb-Drug Interactions
Drug Resistance, Multiple
Phytotherapy
R�esistance multiple aux m�edicaments.
Herbes > Emploi en th�erapeutique.
Huiles essentielles > Emploi en th�erapeutique.
Phytoth�erapie.
Micro-organismes > R�esistance aux m�edicaments.
Interactions m�edicaments-herbes.
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drug-herb interactions
Essences and essential oils > Therapeutic use
Herbs > Therapeutic use
Materia medica, Vegetable
Multidrug resistance
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Alternative antimicrobial approaches to fighting multidrug-resistant infections / Valerie Edwards-Jones
  • 2. Natural plant products used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Roman Yesid Ramirez Rueda
  • 3. Bioactivity of plant constituents against vancomycin-resistant enterococci / Victor Kuete
  • 4. Natural products as alternative treatments for Candida species resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics / Maria de las Mercedes Oliva [and three others]
  • 5. Plants and tuberculosis / Philip G. Kerr
  • 6. Use of essential oils and their components against multidrug-resistant bacteria / M.L. Faleiro and M.G. Miguel
  • 7. In vivo antileishmanial activity of plant-based secondary metabolites / Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero [and five others]
  • 8. Natural products with activity against Schistosoma species / Clarissa Campos Barbosa de Castro [and four others]
  • 9. Botanicals for adjunct therapy and the treatment of multidrug-resistant staphylococcal infections / T.O. Lawal [and four others]
  • 10. Combining essential oils with antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents to overcome multidrug-resistant bacteria / Kateryna Volodymyrivna Kon and Mahendra Kumar Rai
  • 11. Medicinal plants as alternative sources of therapeutics against multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms based on their antimicrobial potential and synergistic properties / Kalpna D. Rakholiya, Mital J. Kaneria and Sumitra V. Chanda
  • 12. Perspectives and key factors affecting the use of herbal extracts against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria / Ali Parsaeimehr, Elmira Sargsyan and Amir Reza Jassbi
  • 13. Use of plant-derived extracts and essential oils against multidrug-resistant bacteria affecting animal health and production / Lyndy McGaw
  • 14. Essential oils from the Asteraceae family active against multidrug-resistant bacteria / Maria Jose Abad, Luis Miguel Bedoya and Paulina Bermejo
  • 15. Harnessing traditional knowledge to treat existing and emerging infectious diseases in Africa / M. Fawzi Mahomoodally and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
  • 16. Natural products with activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells / Camila Bernardes de Andrade Carli, Marcela Bassi Quilles and Iracilda Zeppone Carlos
  • 17. Development of new antiherpetic drugs based on plant compounds / Adil M. Allahverdiyev [and eight others].

Ejemplares similares