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SUBMITTER: Yacoub T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287856 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yacoub Tania T Rima Mohamad M Karam Marc M Fajloun Jean-Marc Sabatier And Ziad JSAZ
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200521 10
The inappropriate or excessive use of antimicrobial agents caused an emerging public health problem due to the resulting resistance developed by microbes. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop effective antimicrobial strategies relying on natural agents with different mechanisms of action. Nature has been known to offer many bioactive compounds, in the form of animal venoms, algae, and plant extracts that were used for decades in traditional medicine. Animal venoms and secretions have be ...[more]