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The use of medical devices (e.g., catheters, implants, and probes) is a common and essential part of medical care for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. However, these devices quite frequently lead to the incidence of infections due to the colonization of their abiotic surfaces by biofilm-growing microorganisms, which are progressively resistant to antimicrobial therapies. Several methods based on anti-infective biomaterials that repel microbes have been developed to combat device-related infections. Among these strategies, surface coating with antibiotics (e.g., beta-lactams), natural compounds (e.g., polyphenols), or inorganic elements (e.g., silver and copper nanoparticles) has been widely recognized as exhibiting broad-spectrum bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity. So, in order to achieve a better therapeutic response, it is crucial to understand how these infections are different from others. This will allow us to find new biomaterials characterized by antifouling coatings with repellent properties or low adhesion towards microorganisms, or antimicrobial coatings that are capable of killing microbes approaching the surface, improving biomaterial functionalization strategies and supporting tissues’ bio-integration.

Medicine --- Candida --- biofilms --- diabetes --- medical devices --- candidiasis --- metabolic disorder --- hyperglycemia --- infection --- Candida glabrata --- candidemia --- echinocandins --- resistance --- micafungin --- caspofungin --- in vivo --- titanium dioxide --- nanotubes --- autoclaving --- titanium alloy --- biocompatibility --- wettability --- mechanical properties --- silver nanoparticles --- titanium dioxide nanotubes --- silver ions release --- biointegration --- antimicrobial activity --- polyethylene terephthalate --- PET --- electrospinning --- nanofibers --- antimicrobial agents --- Taguchi method --- antimicrobial efficiency --- cold atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (CAPJ) --- Escherichia coli --- DNA double-strand breaks --- scanning electron microscopy --- Ti6Al4V implants --- anodization process --- XPS --- genotoxicity assessment --- anti-inflammatory properties --- oral biofilm --- infection control --- Streptococcus mutans --- Candida spp. --- natural compounds --- antimicrobial resistance --- n/a

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The use of medical devices (e.g., catheters, implants, and probes) is a common and essential part of medical care for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. However, these devices quite frequently lead to the incidence of infections due to the colonization of their abiotic surfaces by biofilm-growing microorganisms, which are progressively resistant to antimicrobial therapies. Several methods based on anti-infective biomaterials that repel microbes have been developed to combat device-related infections. Among these strategies, surface coating with antibiotics (e.g., beta-lactams), natural compounds (e.g., polyphenols), or inorganic elements (e.g., silver and copper nanoparticles) has been widely recognized as exhibiting broad-spectrum bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity. So, in order to achieve a better therapeutic response, it is crucial to understand how these infections are different from others. This will allow us to find new biomaterials characterized by antifouling coatings with repellent properties or low adhesion towards microorganisms, or antimicrobial coatings that are capable of killing microbes approaching the surface, improving biomaterial functionalization strategies and supporting tissues’ bio-integration.

Medicine --- Candida --- biofilms --- diabetes --- medical devices --- candidiasis --- metabolic disorder --- hyperglycemia --- infection --- Candida glabrata --- candidemia --- echinocandins --- resistance --- micafungin --- caspofungin --- in vivo --- titanium dioxide --- nanotubes --- autoclaving --- titanium alloy --- biocompatibility --- wettability --- mechanical properties --- silver nanoparticles --- titanium dioxide nanotubes --- silver ions release --- biointegration --- antimicrobial activity --- polyethylene terephthalate --- PET --- electrospinning --- nanofibers --- antimicrobial agents --- Taguchi method --- antimicrobial efficiency --- cold atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (CAPJ) --- Escherichia coli --- DNA double-strand breaks --- scanning electron microscopy --- Ti6Al4V implants --- anodization process --- XPS --- genotoxicity assessment --- anti-inflammatory properties --- oral biofilm --- infection control --- Streptococcus mutans --- Candida spp. --- natural compounds --- antimicrobial resistance --- Candida --- biofilms --- diabetes --- medical devices --- candidiasis --- metabolic disorder --- hyperglycemia --- infection --- Candida glabrata --- candidemia --- echinocandins --- resistance --- micafungin --- caspofungin --- in vivo --- titanium dioxide --- nanotubes --- autoclaving --- titanium alloy --- biocompatibility --- wettability --- mechanical properties --- silver nanoparticles --- titanium dioxide nanotubes --- silver ions release --- biointegration --- antimicrobial activity --- polyethylene terephthalate --- PET --- electrospinning --- nanofibers --- antimicrobial agents --- Taguchi method --- antimicrobial efficiency --- cold atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (CAPJ) --- Escherichia coli --- DNA double-strand breaks --- scanning electron microscopy --- Ti6Al4V implants --- anodization process --- XPS --- genotoxicity assessment --- anti-inflammatory properties --- oral biofilm --- infection control --- Streptococcus mutans --- Candida spp. --- natural compounds --- antimicrobial resistance

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This reprint describes recent advances made in the field of antifungal development, especially the discovery of new drugs and drug repurposing. The articles presented in this book provide useful information and insight for the development of new antifungal drugs or intervention strategies. The identification of new, safe molecules, and cellular targets, as well as the elucidation of their antifungal mechanisms of action, will further the effective control of fungal pathogens, especially those resistant to current therapeutic agents.

nanoparticles --- fungi --- drug delivery systems --- marine --- biological synthesis --- myconanotechnology --- canesten --- clotrimazole --- vulvovaginal --- vaginitis --- mycosis --- candidosis --- yeast infection --- candida --- candida albicans --- vaginal health --- anticandidal activity --- indazole --- pyrazole --- 3-phenyl-1H-indazole --- drug design --- acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, aspirin) --- capsule --- CAP64 --- Cryptococcus --- membrane potential (ΔΨM) --- photodynamic treatment --- photosensitiser --- ultrastructure --- drug repurposing --- antifungals --- repositioning --- yeasts --- emerging fungi --- multidrug resistance --- therapeutic alternatives --- new targets --- Candida auris --- Aspergillus spp. --- antifungal --- beta-glucan --- polycations --- Galleria mellonella model --- retinoids --- Candida spp. --- onychomycosis --- Malassezia spp. --- dermatophytes --- microbiology --- mycology --- all-trans retinoic acid --- Acanthamoeba --- free-living ameba --- Acanthamoeba keratitis --- isavuconazonium sulfate --- cyst --- drug --- drug discovery --- drug targets --- invasive aspergillosis treatment --- invasive fungal infections --- fission yeast --- cell wall --- β(1,3)-D-glucan synthase --- antifungal drugs --- echinocandin drugs --- echinocandin resistance --- Fks resistance hot spots --- cytokinesis --- septation --- cell separation --- cell integrity --- cell lysis --- sporotrichosis --- Felis catus --- quinones --- hydrazones --- zoonoses --- host-directed drug therapy --- azoles --- polyenes --- echinocandins --- viral infections --- azole --- synergy --- resistance --- Candida --- natural products --- n/a

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Antioxidative polyphenols represented by tannins and flavonoids are rich in numerous food sources and traditional natural medicines and currently attracting increased attention in health care and food industries because of their multiple biological activities that are favorable to human health. Commemorating the outstanding achievements on tannins by Dr. Takuo Okuda on the occasion of his passing away in December 2016, his colleagues, friends, and worldwide experts of polyphenol research have contributed 18 papers on their recent study to the Special Issue of Molecules. This book is its reprinted form. This covers reviews of structural features, historical usages, and biological activities of unique class of ellagitannins and condensed tannins, and original articles on the most up-to-date findings on the anticancer effect of green tea catechins, the antivirus effect of tannins comparing with the clinically used drugs, the analytical method of ellagitannins using quantitative NMR, the chemical structures of Hydrangea-blue complex (pigment) and condensed tannins in Ephedra sinica and purple prairie clover, and the relationship of condensed tannins in legumes and grape-marc with methane production in the in vitro ruminant system, and others. This book will be useful to natural product chemists and also to researchers in pharmaceutical and/or food industry.

Coreopsis lanceolata L. --- UV-Vis --- methanogenesis --- Lythraceae --- flavanone --- grape marc --- TDDFT --- Ephedra sinica --- macrocyclic oligomer --- triple-negative breast cancer --- antioxidant --- purple prairie clover --- chalcone --- neuraminidase --- fatty acid synthase --- (?)-epigallocatechin gallate --- epidermal growth factor --- NMR spectroscopy --- Aluminum ion --- Onagraceae --- Hydrangea macrophylla --- synthetic analogues --- blue color development --- amyloid-? peptide --- FTIR --- oseltamivir carboxylate --- quantitative NMR --- phloroglucinolysis --- thin layer chromatography --- European historic leathers --- FASN inhibition --- ECD --- colorimetric tests --- taxanes --- cynandione A --- conservation method --- 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid --- ellagitannin --- PC12 --- condensed tannin --- Trapa taiwanensis Nakai --- 1H-NMR --- Acacia --- (?)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate --- Geranium thunbergii --- condensed tannins --- immunomodulatory effect --- Acacia mearnsii bark --- Escherichia coli --- oligomer --- Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction --- lung tumor --- Aspergillus fumigates --- in vitro batch fermentation --- metal complex --- Myrtaceae --- Cynanchum auriculatum --- molecular interactions --- phenolic glycoside --- bamboo leaf extract --- stability --- Microsporum canis --- Cynanchum wilfordii --- thiolysis --- anti-inflammation --- hydrolysable tannin --- geraniin --- NGF --- polyphenol --- revision --- ESI-mass --- bioactivity --- antifungal activities --- interferon-? --- antitumor effect --- tannin composition --- oenothein B --- zanamivir --- 2-O-?-laminaribiosyl-4-hydroxyacetophenone --- anticancer activity --- proanthocyanidin --- vegetable tanning --- Dittrichia viscosa --- differentiation --- aurone --- antioxidants --- protein precipitation --- apoptosis --- polyphenolic FASN inhibitors --- forage legume --- biological activities --- ultrahigh-resolution negative mode MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry --- overlay method --- spectroscopy --- wattle tannin --- immune checkpoint --- hormesis --- 3-O-glucosyldelphinidin --- gallotannin --- proanthocyanidins --- fatty acids --- flavonol --- inhibition --- structure --- Candida spp. --- Malassezia spp. --- ORAC assay --- neuroprotection --- crystal structure --- tannins