Natural Antimicrobial Agents

Is rare as there is no book in this subjective form

Includes all types of pathogens

Has subject specialists as contributors

Is unique to combine antimicrobials and biodiversity

Is rare as there is no book in this subjective form Includes all types of pathogens Has subject specialists as contributors Is unique to combine antimicrobials and biodiversity

Autorentext
Prof Merillon agreed to Dr. Kishan Ramawat's (series editor) request to prepare a few books under the series "Sustainable development and Biodiversity". They have discussed these books one by one and this is first book under the series. Dr. Ramawat and Prof Merillon have been collaborating for the past 30 years on various aspects of medicinal plants and produced several books, including one "Plant defence: Biological control" with our group in 2011. He is senior professor at the Bordeaux University.
Dr Céline Rivière is an assistant professor in pharmacognosy at the University of Lille. She belongs to Charles Viollette Institute. She worked in the team of Prof. Mérillon from 2009 to 2011 and she has specialized for afew years in the research of antimicrobials of plant origin.

Zusammenfassung

Is rare as there is no book in this subjective form

Includes all types of pathogens

Has subject specialists as contributors

Is unique to combine antimicrobials and biodiversity

Inhalt
Part I. Plants as source of antibacterials.- 1. New antimicrobials and resistance modifying agents.- 2. Anti-staphylococcal plant natural products.- 3. Natural products in the fight against gram-negative bacteria.- 4. Multidrug resistance Mycobacterium and natural products.- Part II. Natural occurring antifungal natural products.- 5. Antifungal natural products from marine sources.- 6. Antifungal activities of essential oils from Himalayan plants.- 7. Antifungal activity of Citrus essential oils.- 8. Antifungal compounds from Lactobacillus Part III. Antiparasitic natural products.- 9. Antiplasmodial natural products.- 10. Antitrypanosomal natural products.- 11. Antileishmanial natural products.- 12. Anthelmintic natural products.- Part IV. Antiviral natural products.- 13. Anti-HIV natural products.- 14. Natural products and hepatitis C.- 15. Natural stilbenoids from grapevine against HIV-1 Integrase.- 16. Antiviral products from marine sources.