Pharmacological interactions of essential oil constituents on the viability of micro-organisms

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1381-1386

  Van Zyl, Robyn Lynne ^a   Seatlholo, Sammy Tsietsi ^a   Van Vuuren, Sandy Freda ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Essential oil constituent; Interaction; Synergism; Volatile; Yeast

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1,3 CYCLOHEXANEDIONE; ADJUVANT; AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA PINENE; CARVACROL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CINEOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; GENTAMICIN; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE; MENTHONE; NEROLIDOL; PINENE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; THYMOL; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SKIN IRRITATION; BACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG SYNERGISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE;

EID: 77956684092     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500909     Document Type: Article

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