Piperitone from Mentha longifolia var. chorodictya Rech F. reduces the nitrofurantoin resistance of strains of Enterobacteriaceae

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 911-914

  Shahverdi, A R ^a   Rafii, F ^b   Tavassoli, F ^a   Bagheri, M ^c   Attar, F ^d   Ghahraman, A ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Azarbaijan Med Plants Res Center   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enterobacteria; Essential oils; Mentha longifolia; Nitrofurantoin; Piperitone

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERITENONE; PIPERITONE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTRACTION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MENTHA; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MENTHA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; NITROFURANTOIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 11144227311     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1566     Document Type: Article

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