The antibacterial and antivirulent potential of Hypericum lydium against Staphylococcus aureus: Inhibition of growth, biofilm formation, and hemolytic activity

The application of photodynamic inactivation to microorganisms in food

“…Experimental results demonstrate that HYP exhibits strong absorption and high amount of singlet oxygen generation with high fluorescence yield in the range of 600–700 nm ( Baptista and Wainwright, 2011 , Kairyte et al, 2012 ). HYP is also known for its antidepressant ( Eatemadnia et al, 2019 ), antiviral ( Aygül & Şerbetçi, 2020 ) and anti-tumor ( Agostinis et al, 2011 ) properties, it is also used as a flavoring agent in foods and alcoholic beverages abroad ( de Araújo et al, 2020 ). The photosensitive properties of HYP, in particular, have been extensively studied for cancer therapy.…”

Hypericum genus cosmeceutical application – A decade comprehensive review on its multifunctional biological properties

“…The ethanolic extract of Hypericum revolutum Vahl also presented a better MIC (31.25 μg mL − 1 ) against P. acnes when compared to the result obtained for the antibiotic tetracycline (56.26 ± 10.12 μg mL − 1 ) (Blom van Staden et al, 2017). The MICs reported for the ethanol extract of H. lydium Boiss against E. coli and S. aureus standard strains were >1024 μg mL − 1 and 16 μg mL − 1 , respectively (Aygül and S ¸erbetçi, 2020). It is interesting to note that gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, and gram-negative bacteria like E. coli and P. aeruginosa, can both be found at an early stage or when a wound infection is fully developed (Moeini et al, 2020).…”

Biofilms in Surgical Site Infections: Recent Advances and Novel Prevention and Eradication Strategies

“…Nanotechnology-based approaches, predominantly different types of NPs, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and other nanomaterials, are also amongst the most studied line of attack to deal with pathogenic biofilms [ 22 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 ]. Natural plant-based products are being developed to help overcome the problem with multidrug-resistant bacteria, namely plant extracts and isolated compounds, as well as essential oils that contain large amounts of phytochemicals [ 33 , 34 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 ]. In addition, physical approaches (cryogenic freezing, ultrasound), bacteriophages, electrochemical treatments, photodynamic therapy (PDT), combination approaches, and other strategies are also among a few other examples that are being presently implemented [ 26 , 30 , ...…”