Synergistic properties of the terpenoids aromadendrene and 1,8-cineole from the essential oil of eucalyptus globulus against antibiotic-susceptible and antibiotic-resistant pathogens

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1061-1066

  Mulyaningsih, S ^a   Sporer, Frank ^a   Zimmermann, Stefan ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Aromadendrene; Essential oil; Eucalyptus globulus; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Synergism

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; GLOBULOL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZULENES; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUCALYPTUS; FRUIT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; SESQUITERPENES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77957795032     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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