Comparison of bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of 13 essential oils against strains with varying sensitivity to antibiotics

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Mayaud, L ^a   Carricajo, A ^a   Zhiri, A ^b   Aubert, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b Pranarôm International SA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity; Cinnamomum verum bark; Essential oil; Nosocomial strains

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERICIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTATIC; BACTERIOSTATIC AND BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CINNAMOMUM VERUM BARK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOSOCOMIAL STRAIN; P.AERUGINOSA; RESISTANT STRAINS; SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM EXTRACT; CITRUS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS EXTRACT; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA EXTRACT; MELALEUCA CAJEPUTII EXTRACT; ORIGANUM COMPACTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; THYMUS SATUREIODES EXTRACT; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESSENTIAL OIL; INHIBITION;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BARK; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELALEUCA CAJEPUTII; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORIGANUM COMPACTUM; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SWEET ORANGE; THYMUS SATUREIODES; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS SINENSIS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; ORIGANUM COMPACTUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; THYMUS SATUREIOIDES; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 50449098181     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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