Overview
Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components offers scientists a single source aimed at fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoans, viruses and fungi using natural products. This essential reference discusses herbal extracts and essential oils used or under investigation to treat MDR infections, as well as those containing antimicrobial activity that could be of potential interest in future studies against MDR microorganisms. The need to combat multidrug-resistant microorganisms is an urgent one and this book provides important coverage of mechanism of action, the advantages and disadvantages of using herbal extracts, essential oils and their components and more to aid researchers in effective antimicrobial drug discovery
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Author: Mahendra Rai (Senior Visiting Professor, Federal University of Piaui, Brazil) ,
Kateryna Kon (Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine) ,
Mahendra Rai (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India) ,
Mahendra Rai (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780123985392
ISBN 10: 0123985390
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 05 August 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9780443290442
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The book is well organized and its 17 chapters cover a host of topics, from basic mechanisms of multidrug resistance to specific plant genera.and select phytochemicals that offer promise.For researchers interested in the current status of phytochemicals for treating multidrug-resistant microorganisms, this book is an invaluable resource. --HerbalGram, Spring 2014
The book is well organized and its 17 chapters cover a host of topics, from basic mechanisms of multidrug resistance to specific plant genera.and select phytochemicals that offer promise.For researchers interested in the current status of phytochemicals for treating multidrug-resistant microorganisms, this book is an invaluable resource. --HerbalGram, Spring 2014
The book is well organized and its 17 chapters cover a host of topics, from basic mechanisms of multidrug resistance to specific plant genera...and select phytochemicals that offer promise...For researchers interested in the current status of phytochemicals for treating multidrug-resistant microorganisms, this book is an invaluable resource. --HerbalGram, Spring 2014
Author Information
Dr Mahendra Rai: Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has published 210 research papers, more than 100 popular articles in Indian and foreign journals and 30 books from reputed publishers like Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Taylor and Francis and Scientific Publisher. He is a member of several scientific societies and has been a national Scholar for five years. He has received several prestigious awards, including the father T.A. Mathias award (1989) from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education, and the Medini award (1999) from the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India. He also received SERC visiting fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (1996), INSA visiting fellowship by Indian National Science Academy (1998) and TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (2002), Italy. Dr. Rai serves as a referee for 20 international journals and is a member of editorial board of ten national and international journals. He has approximately three decades of teaching and research experience. The main focus of his research is plant and nanobased bioactives against human pathogenic microbes. Dr Kateryna Kon: MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine at Associate Professor position. Dr Kon received best young scientist of Kharkiv award in 2007. She has nearly six years of teaching and eight years of research experience. She is the member of editorial board of five international journals. Her scientific output includes more than 70 published papers, 5 books and 17 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr Kon's research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria causing surgical and gynecological infections, antibacterial properties of essential oils and nanoparticles.
