Synergy effects of the antibiotics gentamicin and the essential oil of Croton zehntneri

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1052-1055

  Rodrigues, Fabíola F G ^a   Costa, José G M ^a,b   Coutinho, Henrique D M ^b  

^a Faculdade Leao Sampaio   (Brazil)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Croton zehntneri; Essential oil; Minimal inhibitory dose; Modifying antibiotic activity; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CROTON ZEHNTNERI EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CROTON; CROTON ZEHNTNERI; DISTILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GAS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROTON; CROTON OIL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GENTAMICINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROTON ZEHNTNERI; EUPHORBIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349769350     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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