Antimicrobial activity of two essential oils

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-144

  Mickiene, Ruta ^a   Bakutis, Bronius ^a   Baliukoniene, Violeta ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacteria; Essential oil; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MALALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYMBOPOGON; MELALEUCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TEA TREE OIL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYMBOPOGON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960413268     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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