Essential oils from aromatic herbs as antimicrobial agents

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-141

  Solórzano Santos, Fortino ^a   Miranda Novales, Maria Guadalupe ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HERBS; BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; BIOPRESERVATIVES; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROTOXIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE SPECIES; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; ORAL ADMINISTRATION; OVERALL QUALITY; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PENETRATION ENHANCERS; PERILLA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; S. AUREUS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TERPENOIDS; TOXIC SHOCKS; VEGETABLE FOOD;

BACTERIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; DRYING OILS; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIPIDS; OLEFINS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ALPHA TOXIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CINNAMON OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; GERANIOL; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; PERILLA OIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENE; TERPENOID; THYMOL; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AROMATIC HERB; BARK; BUD; FLOWER; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HERB; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VEGETABLE; WOOD;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PERILLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84859158031     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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