Mini Review of Phytochemicals and Plant Taxa with Activity as Microbial Biofilm and Quorum Sensing Inhibitors

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 29 - E29
• Main Authors: Ta, Chieu, Arnason, John
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.12.2015; MDPI
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; biofilm inhibitors; Biofilms - drug effects; Monoterpenes - pharmacology; organosulfur compounds; Phenols - pharmacology; Phytochemicals - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; quinones; Quorum Sensing - drug effects; quorum sensing inhibitors; Review; terpenes; Tracheophyta - chemistry; quinones; quorum sensing inhibitors; biofilm inhibitors; terpenes; organosulfur compounds

Microbial biofilms readily form on many surfaces in nature including plant surfaces. In order to coordinate the formation of these biofilms, microorganisms use a cell-to-cell communication system called quorum sensing (QS). As formation of biofilms on vascular plants may not be advantageous to the h...