Chapter 2

Natural Products with Antimicrobial Activity for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Silvia Guzmán-Beltrán, Fernando Hernández-Sánchez and Omar M. Barrientos

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB is one of the top ten causes of death in the world and it is highly prevalent, characterized by the constant occurrence of drug-resistant cases, and confounded by the incidence of respiratory diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). The anti-TB drugs commonly used are insufficient and have multiple adverse effects. Therefore, a new strategy to eradicate this infectious disease is required. The implementation of new anti-TB drugs together with host-directed therapy (HDT) can decrease the duration of treatment and improve the TB patients’ health. It is proposed that natural products are an enormous source of bioactive compounds to treat TB. They can be new anti-TB drugs or agents for HDT.

Total Pages: 25-55 (31)

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