Plants to the Rescue? Common Phenolic Acids Give Old Antibiotics a Second Life Against Superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance is the ultimate buzzkill in veterinary medicine. Multidrug resistant E. coli keeps showing up in clinics, barns, and labs, while the antibiotic pipeline looks more like a slow drip than a flood. Now, new research suggests help may be hiding in plain sight, inside everyday plant compounds that can supercharge antibiotics we already use.