Antibacterial effect of some essential oils administered alone or in combination with Norfloxacin

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 727-732

  Rosato, Antonio ^a   Vitali, Cesare ^a   De Laurentis, Nicolino ^a   Armenise, Domenico ^a   Antonietta Milillo, Maria ^b  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citronellol; Geraniol; Norfloxacin; Pelargonium essential oil; Synergism; Triacetin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALIPTOL; GERANIOL; MYRTUS COMMUNIS OIL; NORFLOXACIN; ORIGANUM VULGARE OIL; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS OIL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS OIL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS OIL; THYMOL; THYMUS SERPHYLLUM OIL; TRIACETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROORGANISM; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEMARY; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS SERPHYLLUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORFLOXACIN; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35148850246     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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