Antibacterial activity of thyme and lavender essential oils

Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 674-689

  Sienkiewicz, Monika ^a   Lysakowska, Monika ^a   Ciećwierz, Julita ^a   Denys, Pawel ^a   Kowalczyk, Edward ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Lavender oil; Multiresistant strains; Thyme oil

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN 1 EN; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA BURBONENE; BETA GUAIENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; COPAENE; CUPARENE; DELTA CADINENE; GAMMA CADINENE; GAMMA MUUROLENE; HUMULENE; LAVENDER OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; PARA CYMENENE; PINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THYME OIL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; HOSPITAL; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80755176749     PISSN: 15734064     EISSN: 18756638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340611797928488     Document Type: Article

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