%0 Journal Article
%T A New Promising Target for Plant Extracts: Inhibition of Bacterial Quorum Sensing
%A Marwa I Abd El-Hamid
%J -
%D 2016
%X Bacteria coordinate bacterium-bacterium interactions through a cell-to-cell communication mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS) systems. The QS-controlled behaviors occur when the bacterial population grows until a threshold concentration perceived by the bacteria is reached. There is an increasing need for the discovery of alternative antimicrobial therapies to control the bacterial pathogenicity; one of these is the herbal remedies. Besides their antibacterial properties, they can also target bacterial QS and thereby, interrupt bacterial communication. Crude plant extracts have anti-QS activities with inhibition of the expression of well-established specific induced gene(s). The quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR) assay had shown the down regulation of the QS-related genes.
%K Quorum sensing
%K plant extracts
%K qRT-PCR
%K QS-related genes
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%K open access
%K open access journals
%K open access publication
%K open access publisher
%K open access publishing
%K open access journal articles
%K imedpub
%K imedpub publishing
%K insight medical publishing
%K imedpub online
%U https://www.imedpub.com/articles/a-new-promising-target-for-plant-extracts-inhibition-of-bacterial-quorum-sensing.php?aid=17683