Evaluation of novel compounds as anti-bacterial or anti-virulence agents [PDF]
Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat, leading to an alarming increase in the prevalence of bacterial infections that can no longer be treated with available antibiotics.
Brankica Filipić +4 more
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Liposomes-Based Drug Delivery Systems of Anti-Biofilm Agents to Combat Bacterial Biofilm Formation [PDF]
All currently approved antibiotics are being met by some degree of resistance by the bacteria they target. Biofilm formation is one of the crucial enablers of bacterial resistance, making it an important bacterial process to target for overcoming ...
Zinb Makhlouf +2 more
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Screening of Quercus infectoria gall extracts as anti-bacterial agents against dental pathogens.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A number of bacteria have now become antibiotic-resistant. This increases the importance of ayurvedic drugs. We report, here, the activity of different extracts (petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and water) of Quercus ...
A. Vermani
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Computational and Biological Evaluation of β-Adrenoreceptor Blockers as Promising Bacterial Anti-Virulence Agents [PDF]
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an increasing public health threat as it has the potential to affect people at any stage of life, as well as veterinary.
Ahmad J. Almalki +4 more
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Carbon nanotubes as anti-bacterial agents. [PDF]
Mocan T +9 more
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Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action [PDF]
Biofilm refers to the complex, sessile communities of microbes found either attached to a surface or buried firmly in an extracellular matrix as aggregates.
Ranita Roy +3 more
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Phytomedicinal properties of Hygrophila schulli (Neeramulliya) [PDF]
Hygrophila schulli which is known as “Neermulli’’ in the vernacular is an herbaceous plant native to Sri Lanka. Ancient medicinal literature suggests the use of H.
Malshani Nissanka +5 more
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Ten-year trends in antibiotic usage at a tertiary care hospital in Korea, 2004 to 2013 [PDF]
Background/Aims This study was performed to evaluate trends in antibiotic usage at a tertiary care hospital in Korea. Methods This study collated antibiotic prescription data and total patient days for inpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Korea ...
Bongyoung Kim +4 more
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Comparative study of the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities of the seed coat vs. seed kernel extracts from the plant Mangifera indica L. in inflammatory acne treatment [PDF]
Introduction: The present study was developed to investigate and compare the extraction yield, the contents of polyphenols and mangiferin, the activities against Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli bacteria, and the anti ...
Ngoc Nha Thao Nguyen +4 more
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