Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiviral, and Antiparasitic Activities of and Its Ingredients: A Review

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2022 Jul 9

PMID 35807407

Authors

Zihao Zhu

Shujuan Zhao

Changhong Wang

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Abstract

Infectious diseases have always been the number one enemy threatening health and well-being. With increasing numbers of infectious diseases, growing resistance of pathogens, and declining roles of antibiotics in the treatment of infectious diseases, it is becoming increasingly difficult to treat new infectious diseases, and there is an urgent need to develop new antibiotics to change the situation. Natural products tend to exhibit many special biological properties. The genus (Zygophyllaceae) has been used, for a long time, to treat cough, asthma, lumbago, hypertension, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease. Over the past two decades, a growing number of studies have shown that components from Linn and its derivatives can inhibit a variety of microorganisms by inducing the accumulation of ROS in microorganisms, damaging cell membranes, thickening cell walls, disturbing cytoplasm, and interfering with DNA synthesis. In this paper, we provide a review on the antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic activities of , with a view to contribute to research on utilizing for medicinal applicaitons and to provide a reference in the field of antimicrobial and a basis for the development of natural antimicrobial agents for the treatment of infectious diseases.

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