Antifungal activity of some oxygenated acyclic monoterpenes (OAMs) and OAM-rich essential oils against 38 clinical isolates of Candida albicans

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Jirovetz, L ^a   Wlcek, K ^a   Buchbauer, G ^a   Gochev, V ^b   Stoyanova, A ^c   Schmidt, E ^d   Geissler, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^d Kurt Kitzing Co   (Germany)

^e Shimadzu Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal activities; Candida albicans clinical isolates; Citronella; Essential oils; Geranium; Oxygenated acyclic monoterpenes; Rose

Indexed keywords

CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLOL; GERANIOL; LINALOOL; NEROL; ROSE OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERANIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;

EID: 34547768784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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