Antimicrobial activity of clove oil and its potential in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 555-561

  Ahmad, N ^a   Alam, M K ^b   Shehbaz, A ^b   Khan, A ^b   Mannan, A ^b   Hakim, S Rashid ^c   Bisht, D ^d   Owais, M ^a,b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Central Jalma Research Institute for Leprosy   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Clove oil; Essential oil; Liposome; Nystatin; Vaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BERGAMOTENE; AROMADENDRENE; BENZOIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; CADINENE; CALAMENENE; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CLOVE OIL; COPAENE; ESTRIOL; EUGENOL; EUGENYL ACETATE; GAMMA CADINENE; HUMULENE; ISOEUGENOL; LINALOOL; LIPOSOME; NEROLIDOL; NYSTATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SELINENE; SYZIGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CLOVE OIL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EMULSIONS; FEMALE; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 30844435457     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860500422958     Document Type: Article

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