Microbial infections still represent one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity
worldwide. Irrational usage of antimicrobials has lead to increased resistance causing
clinical social and economical disabilities. Therefore one of the major challenges of
scientists is to develop novel alternative methods to handle infections and reduce resistance
and other side effects produced by the actual therapies. The aim of this book is to offer a
perspective on novel approaches to handle infections by using naturally-derived products in
order to modulate the virulence of pathogens without the risk of developing resistance. We
intend to highlight the utility of microbial vegetal and animal-derived compounds with
potential antimicrobial activity by exploiting their effect on microbial virulence. Furthermore
this book aims to reveal the potential to assimilate recent bio-technological findings like
the usage of nanotechnology as efficient shuttles for stabilizing improved targeting and the
controlled release of natural products in order to efficiently fight infections.
