Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products and Plants Extracts

Overview & Synopsis

This reprint includes high-quality studies highlighting the complex antimicrobial potential of products derived from natural sources (NPs). The nine articles published in the Special Issue entitled “Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Products and Plants Extracts, 1st Edition” in the journal Antibiotics present scientific data regarding the ability of selected natural products (essential oils, gemmotherapy extracts, solvent extracts, isolated compounds) to inhibit relevant human and veterinary organisms (reference strains, multidrug resistant strains, ESKAPE Pathogens groups, etc.), as well as against bacterial and fungal strains specific to cereals. Interesting results on synergistic associations with antibiotics are reported as well. Furthermore, these studies offer insights into the NPs’ chemical-profile-based standardization and multifaced biological properties—antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and cytotoxic—thus demonstrating the need for multidisciplinary studies.