Essential Oil-Based Formulations as Antimicrobial Agents
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 248
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural substances; essential oils; antimicrobial activity; antimicrobial resistance; antioxidant activity; synergism between natural substances and conventional active molecules; probiotic and prebiotic activity; natural compounds as support for treatments in intensive veterinary fields
2. Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
Interests: natural substances; essential oils; antimicrobial activity; antimicrobial resistance; antioxidant activity; synergism between natural substances and conventional active molecules; probiotic and prebiotic activity; natural compounds as support for treatments in intensive veterinary fields
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Dear colleagues,
Globally, antibiotic resistance represents a serious public health problem with a strong clinical and economic impact. From a “One health” perspective, all health-related joint actions aimed at finding new resources with antimicrobial activity are very important for the near future. Furthermore, to reduce the development of resistance to antibiotics, studies to find alternative natural treatments to the current pharmacological treatments currently used in human and veterinary medicine, agronomy and environmental hygiene are important. Essential oils are an inexhaustible source of natural substances obtained from aromatic plants potentially useful for the development of antimicrobial formulations. Manuscripts studying the effectiveness of formulations based on essential oils alone or mixed with no-longer-effective antimicrobial drugs, together with those aimed at identifying the best delivery for essential oils, are welcome. Manuscripts without quality analyses of essential oils will not be accepted.
Dr. Maura Di Vito
Dr. Francesca Bugli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gas chromatography
- synergy
- antimicrobial resistance
- essential oil
- multi-drug resistance
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