Survey of the antimicrobial activity of commercially available Australian tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) essential oil products in vitro

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 835-841

  Thomsen, Per S ^a   Jensen, Theis M ^a   Hammer, Kate A ^b   Carson, Christine F ^b   Mølgaard, Per ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^b,c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; CINEOLE; DELTA CADINENE; EXCIPIENT; LIMONENE; METIQUE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCIPIENT COMPATIBILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMMERCE; MELALEUCA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 80052199422     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0508     Document Type: Review

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