Part I: General 1. Alternative antimicrobial approaches to fighting multidrug-resistant infections 2. Multidrug resistance reversing potential of traditionally used medicinal plants 3. Harnessing traditional knowledge in the management of multidrug-resistance and prevention of emerging infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Part II: Plant-derived antimicrobials against Multidrug-resistance 4. Potential of plant-derived bioactive compounds for reversal of Multidrug resistance 5. Natural agents from plants used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 6. Bioactivity of plant constituents against vancomycin-resistant enterococci 7. Use of plants in the search for drugs to treat tuberculosis 8. Natural products and their perspectives in developing new leishmanicidal molecules 9. Natural products with activity against Schistosoma species 10. Botanical as adjunct therapy and treatment for multidrug-resistant staphylococcal infections 11. Combining essential oils with antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents as a way of coping with multidrug-resistant bacteria 12. Antimicrobial potential of some medicinal plants and their synergistic property: an alternative source to fight against multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms 13. Perspectives and key factors on the usage of herbal extracts against multidrug-resistant gram-negative microorganisms 14. Use of plant-derived extracts and bioactive compound mixtures against multidrug-resistant bacteria affecting animal health and production 15. Use of essential oils and their components against multidrug-resistant bacteria 16. Essential oils from Compositae family against multidrug-resistant bacteria 17. Natural products with activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells 18. Development of new antiherpetic drugs based on plant extracts: a review 19. Natural products as an alternative against Candida species resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics 20. Plant products and essential oil therapy for treatment of new and emerging viruses 21. Flavonoids to combat multidrug-resistance in microbes and cancer Part III Nanotechnology-based tools against MDR 22. Plant-derived natural compounds delivery by nanoparticles to fight multidrug resistance 23. Bioinspired green synthesis of nanoparticles by plants to fight against Multidrug-resistant microbes

Presents four new chapters and special focus on plant-based nanoparticles Provides readers with current evidence-based content aimed at using herbal extracts and essential oils in antimicrobial drug development Includes chapters devoted to the activity of herbal products against herpes, AIDS, tuberculosis, drug-resistant cancer cells, and more Addresses the need to develop safe and effective approaches to coping with resistance to all classes of antimicrobial drugs