Comparative evaluation in the efficacy of peppermint (Mentha piperita) oil with standards antibiotics against selected bacterial pathogens

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Jeyakumar, Ebenezer ^a   Lawrence, Rubina ^a   Pal, Tripti ^a  

^a SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacterial pathogen; Mentha piperita; Minimum bactericidal concentration; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Multi drug resistance; Organism; Peppermint oil; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPPERMINT OIL;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENTHA PIPERITA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENTHA X PIPERITA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84857956938     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60165-2     Document Type: Article

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