Rai, M: Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts,

Dr Mahendra Rai: Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has published 210 research papers, more than 100 popular articles in Indian and foreign journals and 30 books from reputed publishers like Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Taylor and Francis and Scientific Publisher. He is a member of several scientific societies and has been a national Scholar for five years. He has received several prestigious awards, including the father T.A. Mathias award (1989) from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education, and the Medini award (1999) from the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India. He also received SERC visiting fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (1996), INSA visiting fellowship by Indian National Science Academy (1998) and TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (2002), Italy. Dr. Rai serves as a referee for 20 international journals and is a member of editorial board of ten national and international journals. He has approximately three decades of teaching and research experience. The main focus of his research is plant and nanobased bioactives against human pathogenic microbes. Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has seven years of teaching and nine years of research experience. Dr. Kon is an editorial board member of five international peer-reviewed journals. Her scientific contributions include more than 70 published papers, 5 books, and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon's research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria caugin surgical and gynecological infections; antibacterial properties of essential oils; and nanoparticles.

According to the World Health Organization, infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms commonly fail to respond to conventional treatment and can result in an extended illness or a greater risk of death. With MDR microorganisms becoming more widespread and a lack of new antibiotics in the drug development pipeline, it is necessary to consider new and effective treatments. This book, Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and Their Components, explores approaches to combat MDR bacteria, fungi, protozoa and more by using natural products, such as herbs and their essential oils and extracts. Written and edited by international experts, this book focuses on combinations between antibiotics and herbal products, mechanisms of action, the advantages and disadvantages of using natural herbs and much more.