Antimicrobial activity of Eucalyptus citriodora essential oil

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Luqman, S ^a   Dwivedi, G R ^a   Darokar, M P ^a   Kalra, A ^a   Khanuja, S P S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bacteria; Drug resistant mutants; Eucalyptus citriodora; Fungi

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS OIL; NALIDIXIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 51449116545     PISSN: 19614209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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