Plant Essential Oil: An Alternative to Emerging Multidrug Resistant Pathogenso

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria and rising antibiotic resistance is leading to an incessant need for discovering novel drugs and alternative treatments against infections. The outcome of investigations on the antibacterial effect of Essential oils (EOs) which are commonly used in recent times could be one of the promising solutions to this worldwide problem. EOs as well as their volatile constituents has been discovered to be a potential for preventing and treating infectious diseases because of their biological activities. The clinical efficacy of most of the marketed antimicrobials is found to be threatened by the quick emergence of multidrug resistant pathogens which increases the need to find alternatives. In recent times, many EOs have been discovered to have significant cytotoxic, antiparasitic and antimicrobial activity against a wide range of pathogens. As a result of this, EOs and their components have been utilized as a source of new antimicrobials in combating infectious diseases.