Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- The Anti-Infective Agents -- Juan Manuel Favela-Hernández1 and Gloria G. Guerrero Manriquez2,* -- INTRODUCTION -- SOURCE OF THE ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS -- Plant-Derived Anti-bacterial Agents -- Plant-Derived Antiviral Agents -- OTHER SOURCES OF ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS -- MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (BACTERIAL/VIRAL) -- Bactericidal Anti-infective Agents -- Bactericidal Plant Derived- Secondary Metabolites -- Bacteriostatic Anti-Infective Agents -- Drugs
Bacteriostatic Activity of Bacteria-derived Secondary Metabolites -- Bacteriostatic Activity of Plant-derived Secondary Metabolites -- MECHANISM OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE -- Modification of Protein Targets of Antibiotics -- Production of Enzymes which can Degrade or Modify the Antibiotic Structure -- The Use of the Pumping Systems to Expel Antibiotic Molecules -- HOW ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS IN BIOFILMS CONTRIBUTES TO THE BACTERIAL RESISTANCE MECHANISM -- HOW NATURE APPROACHES THE MICROBIAL RESISTANCE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
