Antimicrobial Compounds

Current Strategies and New Alternatives

316 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Since penicillin and salvarsan were discovered, a number of new drugs to combat infectious diseases have been developed, but at the same time, the number of multi-resistant microorganism strains is increasing. Thus, the design of new and effective antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents will be a major challenge in the next years.

This book reviews the current state-of-the-art in antimicrobial research and discusses new strategies for the design and discovery of novel therapies. Topics covered include the use of genetic engineering, genome mining, manipulation of gene clusters, X-ray and neutron scattering as well as the antimicrobial effects of essential oils, antimicrobial agents of plant origin, beta-lactam antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, and cell-wall-affecting antifungal antibiotics.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch)
• ISBN: 9783662512166
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2016
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Herausgegeben von: Tomás G. Villa, Patricia Veiga-Crespo