15.1 Emerging Compound Classes and Relevance to Herpetofauna .........................................494 15.1.1 Brominated Flame Retardants ..............................................................................494 15.1.2 Perfluorinated Chemicals......................................................................................496 15.1.3 Anionic Surfactants..............................

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen and produces a widespread infection. Increasing usage of antibiotic for staphylococcus aureus infections has created antibiotic resistance and subsequently new antibiotics should be produceed. Medicinal herbs with antimicrobial activity have had important roles in traditional medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine the antibacterial ac...

As the living standard improves, disposable sanitary and household paper requires not only softness or easy to fluff in a dry state, but also good antibacterial property. In this study, series of alkyl quaternary ammonium salts (AQAS), kinds antibacterial-debonding agents, were synthesized by using two-step process. The SN2 nucleophilic substitution reaction was designed between triethanolamine...

pomegranate tree possesses a vast ethnomedical history and represents a phytochemical reservoir of heuristic medicinal value. in the present study, total phenolics, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities of pomegranate peel were determined by folin–ciocalteu, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (dpph) and disk-diffusion methods, respectively, and compared among the accessions. methanolic extract g...

Plants have played a significant role in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases for the last four decades. The discovery and introduction to market of paclitaxel, the vinca alkaloids, etoposide, and many antibacterial drugs support drug discovery programs based on natural products. Natural products have been rediscovered as important tools for drug development despite advances in combi...

This review covers some of the opportunities which currently exist to exploit plants for their natural products as templates for new antibacterial substances. This is a timely exercise given the continuing and developing problems of bacterial resistance, and in particular multidrug-resistance (MDR). Some of the challenges which are evident with bacterial resistance will be described and the str...