ABSTRACT
With these growing and evolving years, antimicrobial resistance has become a great subject of interest. The idea of using natural productive ways can be an effective measure against antimicrobial resistance. The growing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance indicates that advanced natural approaches are a topic of concern for fighting the resistance. Many natural products including essential oils, flavonoids, alkaloids and botanicals have been demonstrated as effective bactericidal agents. In this review, we will discuss in detail about the relevance of such natural products to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic adjuvants that aim towards non-essential bacterial targets to reduce the prevalence of resistant bacterial infections, latest bioinformatics approach towards antibacterial drug discovery along with an understanding of biogenic nanoparticles in antimicrobial activity.
Subject(s)
Bacterial Infections , Biological Products , Complementary Therapies , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Biological Products/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , HumansABSTRACT
Nutrition plays a significant role in the prevention and treatment of common diseases. Some superb dietary choices such as functional foods and nutriments can surely help fight against certain diseases and provide various advantages to an individual's health. Plants have been regarded as a primary source of highly effective conventional drugs leading to the development of potential novel agents, which may boost the treatment. Growing demand for functional foods acts as an aid for the producers to expand in agriculture and pave the way for innovation and research by the nutraceutical industry. The given review highlights how various functional foods such as tomatoes, chocolates, garlic and flaxseed are currently being defined, their sources, benefit in treating various ailments and the challenges with their use.
