**Meet the editor**

Dr. Varaprasad Bobbarala received his Ph.D. in Faculty of Science from Andhra University in 2008 under the direction of Professor K. Chandrasekhara Naidu and Professor G. Seshagiri Rao. Specialized in Biochemistry, Medicinal chemistry and Microbiology. He has published over 90 original research articles, reviews, book chapters, and edited three books. He is currently Editor In-Chief of International Journal of Bioassays (ISSN: 2278-778X), Associate Editor and member of the editorial boards as well as the reviewer of dozens of high-impact international periodicals. Dr. B. Varaprasad, previously served as the Chief Scientist of Research and Development (R & D) at Krisani Innovations Pvt. Ltd., before his current role as the Chief Scientist and Technical Director of Research and Development of Adhya Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., India. He is actively engaged in scientific research in the areas of Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug Discovery, Isolation of Bio-active metabolites and bio-efficacy studies.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 2 **Future Antibiotic Agents:** 

Chapter 3 **Natural Antimicrobial** 

Chapter 1 **Antibacterial Activity of Naturally** 

Olgica Stefanović, Ivana Radojević, Sava Vasić and Ljiljana Čomić

Chapter 4 **The Susceptibility of** *Staphylococcus aureus* 

Chapter 5 **Antibacterial Activity of Novel Sulfonylureas,** 

Chapter 6 **Antimicrobial Activity of Condiments 109**  André Silvério and Maria Lopes

Chapter 7 **An Alternative Approaches for the** 

Varaprasad Bobbarala and Chandrasekhar K. Naidu

Aphichart Karnchanatat

**Turning to Nature for Inspiration 25**  Nataša Radić and Tomaž Bratkovič

**Peptides from Eukaryotic Organisms 51**  Renaud Condé, Martha Argüello, Javier Izquierdo, Raúl Noguez, Miguel Moreno and Humberto Lanz

**and** *Klebsiella pneumoniae* **to Naturally Derived Selected Classes of Flavonoids 73**  Johannes Bodenstein and Karen Du Toit

Mirjana Bukvić Krajačić and Miljenko Dumić

**Control of Sorghum Pathogens Using Selected Medicinal Plants Extracts 129** 

Chapter 8 **Antimicrobial Activity of Lectins from Plants 145** 

**Ureas and Thioureas of 15-Membered Azalides 85** 

**Occurring Compounds from Selected Plants 3** 
