
African Flora to Fight Bacterial Resistance, Part I
Standards for the Activity of Plant-Derived Products
- 1st Edition, Volume 106 - February 24, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Victor Kuete
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 1 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 1 7 - 9
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African Flora to Fight Bacterial Resistance, Part One: Standards for the Activity of Plant-Derived Products offers a glimpse into the potential of African medicinal plants to fight bacterial infections, with an emphasis on bacterial drug resistance. Sample chapters cover the Global Burden of bacterial infections and drug resistance, Bacterial drug resistance towards natural products, Harvesting and Processing Medicinal plants for antibacterial testing, Screening methods for antibacterial agents from plant source, Established antibacterial drugs from plants, Potential of African medicinal plants against Enterobacteria: classification of plants antibacterial agents, and much more.
Based on collected data, the book offers a rationale classification basis for the antibacterial activity of plant-based products. General knowledge of state-of-the-art of drug resistance is globally described, with the book clearly identifying the best African medicinal plants that could be useful for the development of efficient herbal drugs, as well as the best phytochemicals that could be explored as potential pharmaceuticals.
- Provides the first book of its type to focus on the potential of African plants as alternative medicine against bacterial drug resistance
- Analyzes the recorded data to propose a well-elaborated basis for the classification of antibacterial agents from plants
- Clearly identifies and discusses plants and phytochemicals that could be useful in the development of new antibacterial drugs to combat drug resistance
Preface
Victor Kuete
1. Global burden of bacterial infections and drug resistance
Hermann Fongang, Armelle T. Mbaveng and Victor Kuete
2. Bacterial drug resistance towards natural products
Armel J. Seukep, Nembo E. Nembu, Helene G. Mbuntcha and Victor Kuete
3. Harvesting and processing medicinal plants for antibacterial testing
Jenifer R.N. Kuete and Victor Kuete
4. Screening methods for antibacterial agents from plant source
Aimé G. Fankam and Victor Kuete
5. Established antibacterial drugs from plants
Armel J. Seukep, Helene G. Mbuntcha, Elizabeth M. Zeuko’o, Luma S. Woquan, Nembo E. Nembu, Francis T. Bomba, Djakissam Watching and Victor Kuete
6. Potential of African medicinal plants against Enterobacteria: Classification of plants antibacterial agents
Victor Kuete
7. African plants acting on Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Cut-off points for the antipseudomonal agents from plants
Simplice B. Tankeo and Victor Kuete
8. Fighting Gram-positive bacteria with African medicinal plants: Cut-off values for the classification of the activity of natural products
Brice E.N. Wamba, Armelle T. Mbaveng and Victor Kuete
9. Potential of African flora to combat tuberculosis and drug resistance of Mycobacteria: Rationale classification of antimycobacterial agents from a natural source
Cedric F. Tchinda and Victor Kuete
10. Anti-Helicobacter pylori activities of African medicinal plants
Paul Nayim, Armelle T. Mbaveng and Victor Kuete
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 106
- Published: February 24, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Victor Kuete
Professor Victor Kuete is a scholar scientist at the University of Dschang, Cameroon. He has been a fellow of The Third World Academy of Science (TWAS; University of Pretoria, South Africa) in 2007, the French-speaking Countries’ Organization (AUF; University of Marseille, France in 2008, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD; University of Mainz-Germany) in 2009, the University of Mainz-Germany (in 2010), Alexander von Humboldt fellow (University of Mainz-Germany) from 2012-2014, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK; Eskisehir) in 2015. He has also been the grantee of The Alexander von Humboldt (2015-2018) and The International Foundation for Science (2008-2009; 2012-2013). His Research Program is focused on Pharmacognosy, and he mainly investigates African medicinal plants, phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants such as terpenoids, phenolics, and alkaloids as well as synthetics, as potential antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-cancer agents. He has a Google Scholar Hirsch index (h-index) of 84 (more than 18,000 citations; 2024) and is the author of >500 Scientific publications including several books and book chapters related to Medicinal Chemistry. Prof. Victor Kuete is the Editor-In-Chief of Investigational Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, Associate Editor of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Section Editor of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Associate Editor of Evidenced-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Editorial board member of Phytomedicine and several other journals. He has been recognized as the best Cameroon Scientist in 2022 and 2023 and is amongst the most renowned African Scientists by the AD Scientific Ranking for Scientists.