The additive and synergistic antimicrobial effects of select frankincense and myrrh oils - a combination from the pharaonic pharmacopoeia

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-358

  de Rapper, S ^a   Van Vuuren, S F ^a   Kamatou, G P P ^b   Viljoen, A M ^b   Dagne, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Boswellia; Combination; Commiphora; Frankincense; Myrrh; Synergy

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS OILS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BOSWELLIA; COMBINATION; COMMIPHORUM; FRANKINCENSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRRH; OIL SAMPLES; PROPERTY; SYNERGY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESIN; SYNERGISM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA NEGLECTA; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA RIVAE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA GUIDOTTI; COMMIPHORA MYRRHA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ETHIOPIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ETHIOPIA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA NEGLECTA; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA GUIDOTTI; COMMIPHORA HABESSINICA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MYRRHA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84858276286     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03216.x     Document Type: Article

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