Inhibition of quorum sensing regulated bacterial functions by plant essential oils with special reference to clove oil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-360

  Khan, M S A ^a   Zahin, M ^a   Hasan, S ^a   Husain, F M ^a   Ahmad, I ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Essential oils; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing inhibition; Swarming motility; Violacein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING INHIBITION; SWARMING MOTILITY; VIOLACEIN;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

CINNAMON EXTRACT; CLOVE OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; LAVENDER OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BACTERIUM; ESSENTIAL OIL; INHIBITION; LEGUME; PATHOGENICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; LAVANDULA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 68849104019     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02666.x     Document Type: Article

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