Antibacterial activity of essential oils and their major constituents against respiratory tract pathogens by gaseous contact

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 565-573

  Inouye, Shigeharu ^a   Takizawa, Toshio ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CAMPHOR; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; CITRON OIL; CORIANDER OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; EUCALYPTUS OIL; GERANIOL; HYDROCARBON; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LAVANDER OIL; LEMON OIL; LEMONGRASS OIL; LINALOOL; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PENICILLIN G; PEPPERMINT OIL; PERILLA OIL; PERILLALDEHYDE; ROSEMARY OIL; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; THYME OIL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVAPORATION; GAS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAPOR;

EID: 0035009896     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/47.5.565     Document Type: Article

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