Use of aromatherapy associated with antibiotictherapy: Modulation of the antibiotic activity by the essential oil of zanthoxylum articulatum using gaseous contact

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 670-675

  Coutinho, Henrique D M ^a   Falcão Silva, Vivyanne S ^b   Siqueira Júnior, José P ^b   Costa, José G M ^a,c  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c Leão Sampaio College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gaseous contact; MDR; Minimal inhibitory dose; Staphylococcus aureus; Zanthoxylum articulatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; RUTACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 79959440646     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2010.10643878     Document Type: Article

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