InhaltsangabeMolecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance: the Need for Novel Antimicrobial Therapies (Dale-Skinner, Boney) Novel approaches combating drug resistant bacteria (Ahmad, Zahin, Aqil, Khan) Promising current drug candidates in clinical trials and natural products against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) (Vinícius, de Souza) NonAntibiotic, an Alternative for Microbial Resistance: Scope and Hope (Chattopadhyay, Sujit, Bhattacharya) Use of Natural Products to Combat Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria (Slover, Mahady) West African plants and related phytocompounds with Anti-MDR activity. (Witabouna, Kagoyire) Essential Oils and New Antimicrobial Strategies (Baby, George) Application of plant extracts and products in veterinary infections (Eloff, McGaw) Honey: Antimicrobial actions and role in disease management (Molan) Honey: biological characteristics and potential role in disease management (Shahid) Probiotics: benefits in human health and bacterial disease management (Collado, Sanz)

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Dr Iqbal Ahmad is a Reader in Agricultural Microbiology at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,India. He has several years of teaching and research experience and he published 2 books (one of them by Wiley-VCH) and over 50 research papers. His current research interests include antipathogenic, anti-adherence and anti-quorum sensing activities of medicinal plants and natural products against multi-drug resistant bacteria. Dr. Farrukh Aqil is a Lecturer in Biotechnology, Integral University, Aligarh, India. His research interests include interaction studies of natural products/phytocompounds with antibiotics and macromolecules, cytotoxicity testing of natural products and characterization of active principles from promising bioactive plant extracts. He has published over 14 research papers and 3 chapters in books.

Leseprobe

Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance: the Need for Novel Antimicrobial Therapies (Dale-Skinner, Boney) Novel approaches combating drug resistant bacteria (Ahmad, Zahin, Aqil, Khan) Promising current drug candidates in clinical trials and natural products against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) (Vinícius, de Souza) Non-Antibiotic, an Alternative for Microbial Resistance: Scope and Hope (Chattopadhyay, Sujit, Bhattacharya) Use of Natural Products to Combat Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria (Slover, Mahady) West African plants and related phytocompounds with Anti-MDR activity. (Witabouna, Kagoyire) Essential Oils and New Antimicrobial Strategies (Baby, George) Application of plant extracts and products in veterinary infections (Eloff, McGaw) Honey: Antimicrobial actions and role in disease management (Molan) Honey: biological characteristics and potential role in disease management (Shahid) Probiotics: benefits in human health and bacterial disease management (Collado, Sanz)