Antifungal activity of various Lamiaceae essential oils rich in thymol and carvacrol against clinical isolates of pathogenic Candida species

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Jirovetz, L ^a   Wlcek, K ^a   Buchbauer, G ^a   Gochev, V ^b   Girova, T ^b   Stoyanova, A ^c   Schmidt, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^d Kurt Kitzing Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida albicans clinical isolates; Essential oils; Oregano; Savory; Thyme; Thymol and carvacrol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MICONAZOLE; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDA UTILIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; SATUREJA MONTANA; THYME; VAGINITIS;

EID: 39149125105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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