Antibacterial activity of essential oils from Eucalyptus and of selected components against multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 893-899

  Mulyaningsih, Sri ^a   Sporer, Frank ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; antimicrobial activity; aromadendrene; essential oil; Eucalyptus; multidrug resistant bacteria

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; CINEOLE; CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS RADIATA ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FRUIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EUCALYPTUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS RADIATA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYRTACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80051539346     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.553625     Document Type: Article

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