Antimicrobial resistance and synergy in herbal medicine


Autoria(s): Mundy, Lorna; Pendry, Barbara; Rahman, Mukhlesur
Data(s)

05/03/2016

Resumo

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing threat to human health. The development of new antibiotics is limited and slow. The tradition of synergy in herbal medicine is being used as a source of research ideas. A literature review of antimicrobial research and plant synergy published in a five year period was carried out using online databases. The in vitro findings were that most of the research reported synergy both within plants and between plants and antibiotics. Whole plant extracts and combinations of compounds were shown to be more effective antimicrobials than isolated constituents. The discussion highlights that the in vitro herbal research findings are difficult to apply to practice and aren’t progressing to clinical trials. Collaborative, innovative, inter-disciplinary clinical research is recommended.

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Identificador

http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4873/1/AMR_paper%20final%20version_JHM.pdf

Mundy, Lorna and Pendry, Barbara and Rahman, Mukhlesur (2016) ‘Antimicrobial resistance and synergy in herbal medicine’, Journal of Herbal Medicine, In Press.

Publicador

Elsevier

Relação

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2016.03.001

http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4873/

Tipo

Article

PeerReviewed