Fighting multidrug resistance with herbal extracts, essential oils and their components / edited by Mahendra Kumar Rai MSc, PHD, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India, Department of Chemical Biology, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas SP, Brazil, Kateryna Volodymyrivna Kon MD, PHD, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

pharmacy bookfair2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1 Alternative antimicrobial approaches to fighting multidrug-resistant infections -- 2 Natural agents from plants used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- 3 Bioactivity of plant constituents against vancomycin-resistant enterococci -- 4 The use of natural products as an alternative against Candida species resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics -- 5 Use of plants in the search for drugs to treat tuberculosis -- 6 Use of essential oils and their components against multidrug-resistant bacteria -- 7 Natural products and their perspectives in developing new leishmanicidal molecules -- 8 Natural products with activity against Schistosoma species -- 9 Botanical as adjunct therapy and treatment for multidrug-resistant staphylococcal infections -- 10 Combining essential oils with antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents as a way of coping with multidrug-resistant bacteria -- 11 Antimicrobial potential of some medicinal plants and their synergistic property: an alternative source to fight against multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms -- 12 Perspectives and key factors on the usage of herbal extracts against multidrug-resistant gram-negative microorganisms -- 13 Use of plant-derived extracts and bioactive compound mixtures against multidrug-resistant bacteria affecting animal health and production -- 14 Essential oils from Compositae family against multidrug-resistant bacteria -- 15 Harnessing traditional knowledge in the management of multidrug-resistance and prevention of emerging infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 16 Natural products with activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells -- 17 Development of new antiherpetic drugs based on plant extracts: a review