{"id":5284,"date":"2018-10-13T02:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T00:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ew-nutrition.com\/secondary-plant-compounds-spcs-to-reduce-the-use-of-antibiotics\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:23:36","slug":"secondary-plant-compounds-spcs-to-reduce-the-use-of-antibiotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ew-nutrition.com\/us\/secondary-plant-compounds-spcs-to-reduce-the-use-of-antibiotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Plant Compounds (SPC\u2019s) to reduce the use of antibiotics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initial in vitro trials give reason for hope<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antibiotic Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some bacteria, due to mutations, are less sensitive to certain antibiotics than others. This means that if certain antibiotics are used, the insensitive ones survive. Because their competitors have been eliminated, they are able to reproduce better. This resistance can be transferred to daughter cells by means of \u201eresistance genes\u201c. Other possibilities are the intake of free DNA and therefore these resistance genes from dead bacteria 1, through a transfer of these resistance genes by viruses 2 or from other bacteria by means of horizontal gene transfer 3 (see figure 1). Every application of antibiotics causes a selection of resistant bacteria.\u00a0 A short-term use or an application at a low dosage will give the bacteria a better chance to adapt, promoting the generation of resistance (Levy, 1998).<\/p>\n

Antibiotics are promoting the development of resistance:<\/strong><\/p>\n