Iqbal Ahmad & Farrukh Aqil 
New Strategies Combating Bacterial Infection [PDF ebook] 

Die Bekämpfung bakterieller Infektionen ist eine Aufgabe, die Fachleute vieler Spezialisierungsrichtungen gemeinsam in Angriff nehmen müssen. Entsprechend interdisziplinär angelegt ist dieses Buch, dessen Autoren aus den verschiedensten Bereichen (von der Biotechnologie bis zur traditionellen Medizin) stammen und die vorschlagen, mehrfachresistente Bakterien an neuen Sites anzugreifen und Naturstoffe in die Diskussion einzubeziehen. Im ersten Teil wird das Problem der Antibiotikaresistenz grundsätzlich erklärt; der zweite Teil untersucht moderne Trends (Transkriptomik, Proteomik) und eine neue Wirkstoffgeneration; der dritte Teil konzentriert sich auf potenziell wirksame Verbindungen aus der Natur wie Pflanzenextrakte, essenzielle Öle und Honig.

Tabella dei contenuti

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, Mc Gaw)
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)

Circa l’autore

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.