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            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
            </journal-title-group>
            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.18.4.05</article-id>
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                <article-title>Natural Antimicrobial Monoterpenes as Potential Therapeutic Agents in Vaginal Infections: A Review</article-title>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Singh</surname>
                        <given-names>Preeti</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Sardana</surname>
                        <given-names>Satish</given-names>
                    </name>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Yadav</surname>
                        <given-names>Shiv Kr</given-names>
                    </name>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Aggarwal</surname>
                        <given-names>Navidha</given-names>
                    </name>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Chopra</surname>
                        <given-names>Hitesh</given-names>
                    </name>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Dhama</surname>
                        <given-names>Kuldeep</given-names>
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          <aff id="aff-1">Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Manesar, Gurugram, Haryana, India.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-2">B.S. Anangpuria Institute of Pharmacy, Faridabad, Haryana, India.</aff>	
          <aff id="aff-3">MM College of Pharmacy, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India.</aff>	
          <aff id="aff-4">Department of Biosciences, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.</aff>	
          <aff id="aff-5">Centre for Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.</aff>	
          <aff id="aff-6">Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.</aff>				

			 
			 			
			
            <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-06">
                <day>06</day>
				<month>11</month>
                <year>2024</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>18</volume>
            <issue>4</issue>
            <fpage>2163</fpage>
            <lpage>2187</lpage>
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                <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiologyjournal.org/natural-antimicrobial-monoterpenes-as-potential-therapeutic-agents-in-vaginal-infections-a-review/"/>
            <abstract>
                <p>The recurrence and relapse of vaginal infections in women is a major issue and a challenging pathway to identify and develop new approaches to treatment. In the case of antibiotic therapy, contraceptives, and dietary changes, the recurrence of vaginitis is more common these days. Anaerobic bacteria, Candida spp., and trichomonas in the vaginal microflora cause both symptomatic and asymptomatic vaginitis, which includes vaginal inflammation. It changes the vaginal microbiota and decreases Lactobacilli spp. growth, which is maintaining the vaginal pH (3.5-4.5) through lactic acid production, antimicrobial peptides, bacteriocin, and bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances. The remarkable antimicrobial activity of plant’s producing metabolites like alkaloids, tannins, phenolic compounds, flavonoids and terpenoids for several vaginal infections have been reported in previous studies. Presented review focuses on the pivotal role of monoterpenes, providing a detailed description of thymol, geraniol, limonene, eugenol, eucalyptol, and α-terpineol as antimicrobial molecules in the treatment of vaginal infections. These monoterpenes are very good at killing E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus niger, Trichomonas vaginalis and Candida albicans which are the main microbes that cause vaginitis. Future research could explore the latent combinations of such monoterpenes as synergistic antimicrobial agents to treat bacterial and fungal vaginal infections, trichomoniasis, among other conditions.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Vaginal Infections</kwd>
        <kwd>Bacterial Vaginosis</kwd>
        <kwd>Vulvovaginal Candidiasis</kwd>
        <kwd>Trichomoniasis</kwd>
        <kwd>Monoterpenes</kwd>
        <kwd>Antimicrobial Molecule</kwd>
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