Handbook of Research on Advanced Phytochemicals as Antimicrobial Agents
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2022-06
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IGI Global
Abstract
Microbial infections and antibiotic resistance are two of the most serious threats to society’s health today.
Millions of people die each year as a result of microbial infections. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic
caused by viral infections was responsible for the highest amount of all deaths that year. Existing anti
microbial drugs have become less effective, if not ineffective, as a result of the emergence of resistance.
Several antibiotic resistance-fighting strategies have been proposed in recent years. One strategy pro
posed to achieve this objective has been to use combination therapy which appears to restore the desired
antimicrobial activity. Several medicinal plants have demonstrated therapeutic effects against pathogens
that cause human infections due to their phytochemicals constituents which have been elucidated to
act as antimicrobial agents. This chapter focuses on phytochemicals as antimicrobial agents, giving
information about infectious diseases and the pathobiology of these diseases. Also, the mechanisms of
antimicrobial activity of phytochemical were discussed