A novel method to estimate the contribution of the vapor activity of essential oils in agar diffusion assay

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Inouye, Shigeharu ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^b   Maruyama, Naho ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a,b   Abe, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teikyo Association of Medical Mycology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion assay; Agar vapor assay; Agar vapor inhibitory assay; Aspergillus fumigatus; Essential oil; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Vapor activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CITRONELLAL; CLOVE OIL; CORIANDER EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTER; FRANKINCENSE EXTRACT; GERANIUM EXTRACT; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; LAVENDER OIL; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; OXIDE; PALMAROSA EXTRACT; PERILLA OIL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RAVENSARA EXTRACT; ROSEWOOD EXTRACT; SANDALWOOD EXTRACT; SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS EXTRACT; TANSY EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; THYME GERANIOL EXTRACT; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; VAPOR;

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; TRICHOPHYTON; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 33744766484     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: 09164804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.47.91     Document Type: Article

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