Antibacterial activity of Thymus maroccanus and Thymus broussonetii essential oils against nosocomial infection - Bacteria and their synergistic potential with antibiotics

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-471

  Fadli, Mariam ^a   Saad, Asmaa ^a   Sayadi, Sami ^b   Chevalier, Jacqueline ^c   Mezrioui, Nour Eddine ^a   Pags, Jean Marie ^c   Hassani, Lahcen ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial constituent's release; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Synergy; Thymus broussonetii; Thymus maroccanus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARVACROL; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; GENTAMICIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRISTINAMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL KILLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THYMUS (PLANT); THYMUS BROUSSONETII; THYMUS MAROCCANUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG SYNERGISM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT OILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THYMUS PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84858078904     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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