Antimicrobials : synthetic and natural compounds / / edited by Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran, Nooruddin Thajuddin, Annamalai Panneerselvam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910800173603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-429-06768-2; 1-4987-1563-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (532 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.7/922
• Soggetti: Antibiotics; Anti-infective agents
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; chapter 1: Antibiotics : From discovery to journey; chapter 2: Antimicrobial potential of marine actinobacteria : A review; chapter 3: Antimicrobial compounds from microorganisms : Production, characterization, and applications; chapter 4: Animal fecal actinomycetes : A new source for the discovery of drug leads; chapter 5: Potentially novel Actinobacteria-derived antibiotics from unique microenvironments; chapter 6: Antimicrobial agents from actinomycetes : Chemistry and applications; chapter 7: Actinobacteria : A predominant source of antimicrobial compoundschapter 8: Novel antimicrobial and anticancer drugs from bacteria; chapter 9: Bacteriocin : A natural alternative to synthetic antibacterial antibiotics; chapter 10: Protease inhibitors from marine organisms; chapter 11: Ganoderma : A bioresource of antimicrobials; chapter 12: Marine cyanobacteria : A prolific source of antimicrobial natural products; chapter 13: Antimicrobial and natural compounds from edible mushrooms; chapter 14: Aspergillosis and its resistance : Marine natural products as future treatment; chapter 15: Secondary metabolites from microorganisms isolated from marine sponges from 2000 to 2012chapter 16: Antimicrobial compounds and their chemical entities on therapeutic herbals for ; agricultural and medical applications; chapter 17: Role of antimicrobial compounds from Trichoderma spp. in plant disease management; chapter 18: Antimicrobial compounds from rhizosphere bacteria and their role in plant disease management; chapter 19: Microbe-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles : A new drug of choice against pathogenic microorganisms; chapter 20: Nanomaterials : Source of antimicrobial productschapter 21: Platinum-based anticancer therapeutics and their mechanistic aspects : An overview; chapter 22: Marine actinobacteria as potential drug storehouses : A future perspective on antituberculosis compounds; chapter 23: Antiprotozoal agents derived from natural soil and aquatic actinobacteria : Fighting one microbe with another; chapter 24: Bioactive compounds from actinomycetes and their antiviral properties : Present trends and future prospectives; chapter 25: Novel antidermatophytic drug candidates from nature; Back Cover