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Title: | An Overview on Antimicrobial Potential of Edible Terrestrial Plants and Marine Macroalgae Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta Extracts | Authors: | Lomartire, Silvia Gonçalves, Ana M. M. |
Keywords: | bioactive compounds; Rhodophyta; Chlorophyta; antimicrobial resistance; natural antibiotics; seaweeds | Issue Date: | 28-Feb-2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | LA/P/0069/ 2020 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/UIDB/04292/2020 UIDP/50017/2020 UIDB/50017/2020 2021.05005.BD |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Marine Drugs | Volume: | 21 | Issue: | 3 | Abstract: | Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. After a prolonged use of antibiotics, it may happen that bacteria adapt to their presence, developing antibiotic resistance and bringing up health complications. Nowadays, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health and food security; therefore, scientists have been searching for new classes of antibiotic compounds which naturally express antimicrobial activity. In recent decades, research has been focused on the extraction of plant compounds to treat microbial infections. Plants are potential sources of biological compounds that express several biological functions beneficial for our organism, including antimicrobial activity. The high variety of compounds of natural origin makes it possible to have a great bioavailability of antibacterial molecules to prevent different infections. The antimicrobial activity of marine plants, also called seaweeds or macroalgae, for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, and several other strains infective for humans, has been proven. The present review presents research focused on the extraction of antimicrobial compounds from red and green macroalgae (domain Eukarya, kingdom Plantae). Nevertheless, further research is needed to verify the action of macroalgae compounds against bacteria in vitro and in vivo, to be involved in the production of safe and novel antibiotics. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113757 | ISSN: | 1660-3397 | DOI: | 10.3390/md21030163 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D MARE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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