New Strategies Combating Bacterial Infection Ahmad by Ahmad 9783527322060, 9783527622931, 352732206X, 3527622934 instant download after payment.

Combating bacterial infections calls for a multidisciplinary approach and this is what is on offer here. Written by an experienced international team of researchers from various fields ranging from biotechnology to traditional medicine, the book provides complete and comprehensive coverage of topics relevant to new antibacterial drugs.
This ready reference and handbook adopts a novel approach, focusing on combating multi-drug resistance in bacteria by developing antibacterials with new target sites, using new advances in drug discovery as well as natural products.
Divided into three sections, the first describes the problem of drug resistance and the need for new drugs, while the second treats recent trends and new classes of drugs, including relevant developments in transcriptomics and proteomics leading to new antimicrobial drug discovery, and a new generation of antibiotics and non-antibiotics. The third section on natural products discusses the antibacterial action of phytocompounds, plant extracts, essential oils and honey as well as the role of probiotics in bacterial infections.
Invaluable to students of medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, phytomedicine and microbiology and all those wanting to know about the possibilities and limitations of new antibacterial drugs. Furthermore, its coverage of plants and other natural products makes this relevant to the pharmaceutical and herbal industries.Content:
Chapter 1 Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance: The Need for Novel Antimicrobial Therapies (pages 1–46): John W. Dale?Skinner and Boyan B. Bonev
Chapter 2 Novel Approaches to Combat Drug?Resistant Bacteria (pages 47–70): Dr. Iqbal Ahmad, Maryam Zahin, Dr. Farrukh Aqil, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan and Shamim Ahmad
Chapter 3 Promising Current Drug Candidates in Clinical Trials and Natural Products Against Multidrug?Resistant Tuberculosis (pages 71–87): Marcus Vinicius and Nora de Souza
Chapter 4 Non?Antibiotics – An Alternative for Microbial Resistance: Scope and Hope (pages 89–125): Debprasad Chattopadhyay, Soumen Kumar Das, Arup Ranjan Patra and Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya
Chapter 5 Use of Natural Products to Combat Multidrug?Resistant Bacteria (pages 127–135): Christine M. Slover, Larry H. Danziger, Bolanle A. Adeniyi and Gail B. Mahady
Chapter 6 West African Plants and Related Phytocompounds with Anti?Multidrug?Resistance Activity (pages 137–164): Kone Mamidou Witabouna and Kamanzi Atindehou Kagoyire
Chapter 7 Essential Oils and New Antimicrobial Strategies (pages 165–203): Sabulal Baby and Varughese George
Chapter 8 Application of Plant Extracts and Products in Veterinary Infections (pages 205–228): Jacobus N. Eloff and Lindy J. McGaw
Chapter 9 Honey: Antimicrobial Actions and Role in Disease Management (pages 229–253): Peter Molan
Chapter 10 Honey: Biological Characteristics and Potential Role in Disease Management (pages 255–274): Mohammed Shahid
Chapter 11 Probiotics: Benefits in Human Health and Bacterial Disease Management (pages 275–295): Maria Carmen Collado and Yolanda Sanz