The antimicrobial activity of four commercial essential oils in combination with conventional antimicrobials

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-446

  Van Vuuren, S F ^a   Suliman, S ^a   Viljoen, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Essential oils; Melaleuca alternifolia; Mentha piperita; Rosmarinus officinalis; Synergistic; additive; antagonistic; combination; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DRUG THERAPY; ESSENTIAL OILS; THYMUS;

ADDITIVE;; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS; ANTAGONISTIC;; COMBINATION; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MENTHA PIPERITA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SYNERGISTIC;; THYMUS VULGARIS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; ROSEMARY OIL; TEA TREE OIL; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OILS; MICROORGANISMS; PHARMACODYNAMICS;

ANTAGONISM; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESSENTIAL OIL; SHRUB;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MELALEUCA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; ROSMARINUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 62149140136     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02548.x     Document Type: Article

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