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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
卷 12, 期 15, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12157493
关键词
antimicrobials; bioactive compounds; ethnobotany; plant extracts
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资金
- FCT/MEC through CESAM [UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020]
- FCT/MEC through LAQV-REQUIMTE [UIDB/50006/2020]
- project RhiZoMis [PTDC/BIA-MIC/2973672017]
- FEDER, within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement
- FCT through a doctoral grant [PD/BD/150363/2019]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PD/BD/150363/2019] Funding Source: FCT
Halophytes have long been used for medicinal purposes, but their bioactive compounds have been poorly understood. In recent decades, the problem of antibiotic resistance has led to renewed interest in halophytes as a potential source of antimicrobial compounds. Additionally, some halophytic species have high nutritional/nutraceutical/pharmacological value, which can enhance saline agriculture and targeted modification. This review aims to highlight the potential of halophytes as a valuable and unexplored source of antimicrobial compounds.
Halophytes have long been used for medicinal purposes. However, for many decades, their use was entirely empirical, with virtually no knowledge of the bioactive compounds underlying the different applications. In recent decades, the growing problem of antibiotic resistance triggered the research on alternative antimicrobial approaches, and halophytes, along with other medicinal plants, regained attention as an underexplored pharmacological vein. Furthermore, the high nutritional/nutraceutical/pharmacological value of some halophytic species may represent added value to the emerging activity of saline agriculture and targeted modification of the rhizosphere, with plant-growth-promoting bacteria being attempted to be used as a tool to modulate the plant metabolome and enhance the expression of interesting metabolites. The objective of this review is to highlight the potential of halophytes as a valuable, and still unexplored, source of antimicrobial compounds for clinical applications. For that, we provide a critical perspective on the empirical use of halophytes in traditional medicine and a state-or-the-art overview of the most relevant plant species and metabolites related with antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial activities.
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