Abstract
In the search for new antimicrobial lead compounds, interest in natural-product-based screening has enjoyed a renaissance, driven by the fact that plants present a unique pool of compounds [...]
Highlights
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Volatiles produced by plants and present in essential oils possess a broad spectrum of biological properties with applications in many revenue-generating sectors, such as the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, perfume, agronomy, and sanitary industries
Essential oils are a complex blend of small volatile molecules playing an important role in plant-defensive response to various insults, including microbial attacks, and their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities have generated impressive scientific reports
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Volatiles produced by plants and present in essential oils possess a broad spectrum of biological properties with applications in many revenue-generating sectors, such as the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, perfume, agronomy, and sanitary industries. Essential oils are a complex blend of small volatile molecules playing an important role in plant-defensive response to various insults, including microbial attacks, and their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities have generated impressive scientific reports.
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