Essential oils of aromatic plants with antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and cytotoxic properties - An overview

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Schnitzler, Paul ^a   Suschke, Ulrike ^a   Saller, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial effects; Cytotoxic properties; Essential oils; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANISE OIL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CINNAMON OIL; CITRUS OIL; CLOVE OIL; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA OIL; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; FENNEL OIL; FOENICULUM VULGARE OIL; GARLIC OIL; JUNIPERUS OIL; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; NIGELLA SATIVA OIL; OREGANO OIL; PALMAROSA OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; PEUMUS BOLDUS OIL; PIMPINELLA ANISUM OIL; PLACEBO; ROSEMARY OIL; SALVIA SCLAREA OIL; SAVORY OIL; TEA TREE OIL; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALOYSIA GRATISSIMA; ANISE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; BASIL; BLACK CUMIN; CARAWAY; CARDAMOM; CARROT; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOVE; COMMIPHORA; CORIANDER; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUCALYPTUS; EUPATORIUM; FENNEL; FUNGUS; GARLIC; GINGER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; ILLICIUM VERUM; JAPANESE CEDAR; JUNIPERUS; LAURUS; LAVENDER; LEMON; LEPTOSPERMUM; LIPPIA; MARIGOLD; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELALEUCA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEPETA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PEUMUS BOLDUS; PINE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; ROSEMARY; SALVIA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SANTALACEAE; SANTOLINA INSULARIS; SAVORY; SOUR ORANGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TESSARIA ABSINTHIOIDES; THYMBRA CAPITATA; THYME; THYMUS PULEGIOIDES; VIRUS; YEAST; ZIZIPHORA CLINOPODIOIDES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 67649216816     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000207196     Document Type: Review

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