Comparison of the effects in vitro of tea tree oil and plaunotol on methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Microbios

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 133-141

  Hada, Toshiko ^a   Furuse, Shiho ^a   Matsumoto, Yusuke ^a   Hamashima, Hajime ^a   Masuda, Kazuo ^a   Shiojima, Kenji ^a   Arai, Taketoshi ^a   Sasatsu, Masanori ^b  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Plaunotol; Resistant strains; Staphylococcus aureus; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ALCOHOL; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLAUNOTOL; TEA TREE OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 0346490384     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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