Research progress in natural medicine on anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus / 中草药

ABSTRACT

To review the latest progress in study on the natural medicine on anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the relevant literatures on the natural medicine against MRSA are summarized. It is found that, in recent years, a series of compounds derived from plants, animals, and microorganisms were reported showing the anti-MRSA activities, such as flavonoids, terpenoids, and anthraquinones from plants, antimicrobial peptides and toxins from animals, and some microbial metabolites, which could be developed as the candidate drug in future. Currently, the study on anti-MRSA of natural medicine has become one of the hotspots in this article, but most research only stays in screening active drugs, lacking further in-depth study about the toxicology, pharmacology and other mechanisms of these candidate drugs.