Antimicrobial activity of clove and rosemary essential oils alone and in combination

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 989-994

  Fu, YuJie ^a   Zu, YuanGang ^a   Chen, LiYan ^a   Shi, XiaoGuang ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Sun, Su ^a   Efferth, Thomas ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Clove; Essential oil; In combination; Rosemary

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CLOVE OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ROSEMARY OIL; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOVE OIL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; ROSMARINUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 35348895910     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2179     Document Type: Article

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