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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Prod Rep. 2023 Jul 19;40(7):1271–1290. doi: 10.1039/d2np00090c

4.2.

Antivirulence

Natural product Compound Class Plant source Antibacterial activity
Mechanism Other biological activity References
Bacterial target Activity Derivative activity
Curcumin (21)
(22)
(23)
Diarylheptanoids Streptococcus pneumoniae Nan A; V. cholerae 0.6–5.3 µM (IC50) 0.2–1.9 µM (IC50) Sialidase inhibitors 161

Ligustchuanes
(3)
(4)
Lignans Ligusticum striatum DC. Staphylococcus aureus (4) 3 – 6 µM*
(3)96 µM*
Inhibits α-hemolysin secretion 162

Paeonol (28) Methoxybenzenes Paeonia spp., dried root bark Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimirium 95–190 µM* T3SS inhibitor, reduces SipA translocation and expression of effector proteins 163

Salvianolic acid A
(24)
Phenolic derivatives Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Staphylococcus aureus 5.75 µg/mL (IC50) Inhibition of SrtA activity 164

Resveratrol oligomers
(25)
(26)
(27)
Stilbenes Vitis vinifera L. Pseudamonas syringae pv. Tomato DC3000 25–100 µM* Inhibition of T3SS through downregulation of hrp gene expression 165

Corilagin (19) Tannins Terminalia chebula Retz S. aureus 6–10 µg/mL* Quorum sensing inhibitor through agrA,
Anti-α-hemolysin
Biofilm inhibition,
Pigment inhibition.
Decreased STX production
166

Betulin (40) Terpenoids Betula spp. Listeria monocytogenes 4.5 – 36 µM* Inhibition of exotoxin, LLO activity 147

Celastrol (41) Terpenoids Tripterygium spp. S. aureus 0.44–2.2 µM* Decreased expression of virulence transcriptional regulators SigB, msaB, and stress adaptor yjbH 167

Triterpenoid acids
(42)
(43)
(44)
Terpenoids Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi S. aureus 2–70 µM (IC50) Quorum sensing inhibitors Biofilm inhibition 168
*

Unspecified IC50, IC90, or activities of multiple assays listed as range