Am J Clin Microbiol Antimicrob | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

Role of Natural Products against Microorganisms

Rajesh K Joshi^*

Department of Phytochemistry, ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, India

^*Correspondance to: Rajesh K Joshi 

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Abstract

Since antiquity, man has used plants to treat common infectious diseases and some of these traditional medicines are still included as part of the habitual treatment of various maladies. Natural product chemistry facilitated a vast array of several bioactive secondary metabolites that have been discovered from marine and terrestrial sources to combat infectious diseases. In this review natural products and their isolates from various sources are used against microorganisms along with mechanism of action has been discussed.

Citation:

Joshi RK. Role of Natural Products against Microorganisms. Am J Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2018; 1(1): 1005.