Antimicrobial compounds from natural sources

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Antimicrobial compounds from natural sources

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Editorial

15 July 2013

Antimicrobial compounds from natural sources

Mirian A. Hayashi

,

Fernando C. Bizerra

and

Pedro Ismael Da Silva

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Mirian A. F. Hayashi

Federal University of São Paulo

Fernando César Bizerra

Federal University of São Paulo

Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior

Butantan Institute

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Nature is a generous source of compounds with the potential to treat diseases, including infectious diseases, which is of utmost importance for modern medicine as antimicrobial resistances increase. Known sources of natural compounds with valuable antimicrobial activity include medicinal plants, and marine and terrestrial organisms such as fungi and bacteria. Nevertheless, there is still a vast fauna and flora that, once systematically explored, could provide additional antimicrobial leads and drugs.

Investigators are welcome to contribute original research and/or review articles in this area, specifically with studies exploiting the mechanism of action and the structure-activity aspects of natural compounds with antimicrobial activity that provide insights into potential ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance.

Nature is a generous source of compounds with the potential to treat diseases, including infectious diseases, which is of utmost importance for modern medicine as antimicrobial resistances increase. Known sources of natural compounds with valuable antimicrobial activity include medicinal plants, and marine and terrestrial organisms such as fungi and bacteria. Nevertheless, there is still a vast fauna and flora that, once systematically explored, could provide additional antimicrobial leads and drugs.

Investigators are welcome to contribute original research and/or review articles in this area, specifically with studies exploiting the mechanism of action and the structure-activity aspects of natural compounds with antimicrobial activity that provide insights into potential ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance.

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Mirian A. F. Hayashi

Federal University of São Paulo

Fernando César Bizerra

Federal University of São Paulo

Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior

Butantan Institute

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Frontiers in Microbiology

Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy

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