Plant Products as Antimicrobial Agents
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Plant products as antimicrobial agents.
The use of and search for drugs and dietary supplements derived from plants have accelerated in recent years. Ethnopharmacologists, botanists, microbiologists, and natural-products chemists are combing the Earth for phytochemicals and "leads" which could be developed for treatment of infectious diseases. While 25 to 50% of current pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, none are used as antimi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.12.4.564