Antimicrobial action of essential oils: The effect of dimethylsulphoxide on the activity of cinnamon oil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Hili, P ^b   Evans, C S ^a   Veness, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Neal's Yard Remedies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; YEAST;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CINNAMON OIL; DIFFUSION METHOD; DIMETHYLSULPHOXIDES; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PICHIA JADINII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TORULOPSIS; TORULOPSIS UTILIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIA; CINNAMON OIL; DIMETHYLSULPHOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; YEAST;

EID: 0030613331     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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