Antimycotic activity of Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil and its major components

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-187

  Oliva, Brunello ^a,c   Piccirilli, E ^a   Ceddia, T ^a   Pontieri, E ^a   Aureli, P ^b   Ferrini, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Essential oil; Melaleuca alternifolia; Tea tree

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

5-FLUOROCYTOSINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES; ANTIMYCOTICS; B-METHOD; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PROPERTY; TEA TREE; TWOFOLD DILUTIONS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCYTOSINE; TEA TREE OIL;

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 0043270524     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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